Al-Ahly of Egypt lands on Africa from Mars
Al-Ahly of Egypt revived its hopes in the African Champions League, which it holds 10 times, by beating Sudan's Al-Merreikh 3-2 in the match that took place between them, Saturday, in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The owners of the red dress advanced with two goals, through striker Mohamed Sharif, who scored them in the “2 and 35” minutes. The Sudanese team responded with two equalisers through Tony Argui “43” and Al-Samani Al-Sawy, “69”, then Al-Ahly returned and advanced again with a goal that reversed Mustafa’s record. Kershom nets "76".
With this, Al-Ahly raises its score to the fourth point, behind the South African Sun Downs, who leads the group with seven points, while Al-Marikh's balance froze at four points, occupying third place with the same balance as the Egyptian team, while Al-Marikh finally lies with one point.
The goal of Al-Ahly’s progress, which he scored early in a fatal defensive error, did not suffice to come out with a reassuring and comfortable victory, as he was deeply embarrassed by Al-Merreikh, whose danger began to appear with the 25th minute of a ball shot by Ramadan Ajab that passed along the left post of the international goalkeeper’s goal, Muhammad Al-Shennawi. .
Al-Ahly then succeeded in putting down the revolution of the Sudanese team through the individual effort of its young player Ahmed Abdel Qader, who made a distinguished individual effort from the left side and gifted a ball on a plate to Muhammad Sharif, who did not find the slightest difficulty in depositing it into the net.
And before the first half ended, Ramadan Ajab hit Al-Ahly’s defense and passed a ball between the heart of the defense, Tony Arrigoy took advantage of it, and helped him score the wrong exit of the Egyptian goalkeeper from his own net.
In the second half, neither team failed to impose its control over the other side, although Al-Ahly's offensive attempts seemed the most, but its attackers lacked the final touch in front of the goal.
While Al-Ahly was assured of the result, Al-Samani Al-Sawy shocked everyone present in the match stadium by scoring the equalizer.
But Al-Ahly did not give in to a draw and pressed with all its lines, and from a ball, Amr Al-Sulayya launched and tried to distribute a cross ball that hit defender Mustafa Karshoum, and settled in the net.
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