ORLANDO Pirates equalled the record victory margin for a South African club in Africa with a 6-0 thrashing of Botswana Defence Force, who survived only 10 minutes before Simon Makhubela triggered a Johannesburg goal avalanche. Veteran Egyptian star Hossam Hassan scored a hat-trick this weekend as Al-Ahly sounded an early warning to their African Champions League rivals with a 3-0 drubbing of Maji Maji in Tanzania. Hassan, joint leading scorer with South African star Benni McCarthy at the 1998 Nations Cup in Burkina Faso, struck after 23, 52 and 86 minutes in the first leg of a first-round tie. Two-time winners Raja Casablanca of Morocco must overcome a 1-0 loss to Ndiambour in Senegal. Makhene Ndiaye scored the last-minute winner in the north-west town of Louga to present an unexpectedly early challenge for Raja coach Luis Oscar Fullone. The Argentinian guided ASEC of Cote d’Ivoire to the Champions League title last December with a 4-2 aggregate victory over surprise finalists Dynamos of Zimbabwe.