Tunisia's Esperance made an important step towards reaching the knock-out rounds in the African Champions League soccer championship after it won a precious 3-1 victory over its Egyptian guest Zamalek today, Saturday, in the third round of Group D matches in the group stage of the continental competition, which also witnessed the victory of MCA with a clean goal over its host Tongit Senegalese.
Esperance - who has 4 titles in the tournament - strengthened its position at the top after raising its tally to 7 points, two points ahead of its closest stalker Mouloudia, the champion of the competition in 1976, while Zamalek - who won the title 5 times - ranked third with two points, and appended to Tongit, Who participates in the group stage for the first time in its history, ranking by one point.
Esperance scored through its Ivorian player William Tojay (26), but Ahmed Aboul Fotouh equalized for Zamalek (40).
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Esperance 1 x 1 Zamalek |
Zamalek goal is a tie
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Zamalek did not congratulate him on his tie after Esperance returned to advance again with the aim of carrying the signature of Muhammad Ali bin Ramadan (45 from a penalty kick).
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Esperance 2 × 1 Zamalek |
Esperance's second goal
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Before returning the same player and adding the third goal of the Tunisian team (53).
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The suffering of Zamalek, who was forced to play with ten players after Aboul Fotouh was sent off in the 57th minute, for obtaining the second warning, was doubled at a time when Esperance players raced to squander the opportunities they had after they were dominated during the remaining time of the match.
This is the second consecutive victory for Esperance at the expense of Zamalek, and the third in the record of their African confrontations, while the Egyptian team achieved 4 victories, and the tie was tied over 3 meetings.
For his part, Mouloudia achieved his first victory in the group and revived his hopes of climbing into the knockout stage thanks to a clean goal victory over his host Tongit.
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First goal
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The Algerian team owes the credit for this victory to its player, Abdelnour Belkheir (14), to Mouloudia curing his local wounds, in light of the decline in his results in the Algerian league in the recent period.