CAIRO: Congo's TP Mazembe football club on Saturday won the African Champions League championship for the second consecutive year after a 1-1 draw to Tunisia's Esperance. Mazembe won the home and home tie 6-1 to secure their second straight championship. The Congolese club had won the first leg 5-0 two weeks ago and was solid in completing the two-match final to defend its title. In the match, Esperance was forced to play the final hour with only 10 men after Aymen Ben Amor was handed a red card for slapping a Mazembe player. Esperance scored first thanks to midfielder Harrison Afful's header after 23 minutes, and Mazembe couldn't take advantage of its extra man until the 69th, when Kanda Mukok equalized. Mazembe's fourth African title, following victories in 1967, '68 and 2009, earned it a return to the Club World Cup in December in Abu Dhabi. Last year it finished sixth. Since Esperance's only African title in 1994, it has finished runner-up for a third time. BM