Santiago Sanchez, who began the adventure nine months ago, was last heard from three week ago after crossing into crisis hit Iran.
Rivers United will lock horns with El Nasr Benghazi while Plateau United play Al Akhdar in two-legged fixtures.
Benzema beat the likes of Sadio Mane, Robert Lewandowski and Kevin De Bruyne to clinch the most-coveted honour in football.
Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-1 in Sunday’s El Clasico.
Liverpool bounced back from last week’s defeat to Arsenal to hand Manchester City their first defeat this season at Anfield.
RSB Berkane hammered Kwara United 2-0 (3-3 on aggregate) to advance to the group stage on away goal rule.
Four-time winners Espérance scored a controversial penalty less than ten minutes from the final whistle to beat Plateau United 1-0
More than a million people are expected to visit Qatar during the World Cup competition.
Maccabi Haifa thrash Juventus to further decrease their chances of progressing to the next round.
Germany pulled off a comeback to beat Nigeria 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
