Al Ahly Eagle hunts Sun Downs with a double, .. and decisiveness in South Africa .. Pictures

Al-Ahly team achieved a great victory over South Africa’s Downs with a clean double in their match this evening, Saturday, in the Cairo Stadium in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the African Champions League.

Al-Ahly scored a double for Maaloul in the 56th and 68th minutes. The second goal came from a penalty awarded by the Congolese referee Nadala, who ran the meeting among more than 30,000 fans at the Cairo Stadium, thus putting Al-Ahly ahead in the CAF Champions League semi-finals, but the decision will be in South Africa on 7. March is where the rematch will take place.

first half

In the first minutes of the match, the guests launched a dangerous attack on Mohammed Al-Shennawi’s goal in an explicit manner, but the ball arrived weak in the “hand” of Al-Ahly goalkeeper..

Sun Downs repeated the danger to Al-Ahly in the 11th minute when a player in the South African team led a dangerous attack for the guests and almost singled Al-Shennawi, but Yasser Ibrahim interfered in a wonderful timing and saved the situation..

Marwan Mohsen threatened the visitors with two header strokes but they came away from the net and Ajay played a good ball for Hussein Al-Shahat Al-Muttlal. Mahmoud Mitwalli received a yellow card in the 21st minute for the roughness with Leonardo of Sun Downs player..

Al-Ahly pressed hard on Al-Dyo’s goal, but the real danger was almost non-existent, with the exception of the 40th minute in the ball in which a jump was clearly obstructed in the Sun Downs penalty area and Al-Ahly players demanded a penalty, but the Congolese referee refused to respond to them and ordered to continue playing.

Al-Ahly tried to score a goal in the last minutes of the first half as the South African champion pressed with a counterattack weapon, but this period ends in a negative tie..

Second half

Al-Ahly and Sun Downs exchanged the attacks with the start of the second half and tried the jump of his luck in the shot from outside the penalty area, but to no avail. 56th minute, Walid Suleiman participated in the place of Hussein Al-Shahat in the 59th minute.

Badji participated instead of Marwan Mohsen in the 65th minute, and Badji’s attack revived the Al-Ahly attack and the referee sensed a penalty for Al-Ahly and scored on Maaloul the second goal for Al-Ahmar and for him in the 68th minute. Al-Ahly continued to control the meeting and Walid Suleiman played a “lube” that came off the net.

Al-Ahly tried to score a third goal and active the performance of its players and more than one opportunity was given to Muhammad Magdi Qafsha, but the latter was not successful in the payment and he left the stadium in the 80th minute and Ahmed Sheikh participated in his place.

The last minutes of the match witnessed a mutual attack by the two teams, although the victory was in favor of Al-Ahly and Badji and Ahmed Fathi missed opportunities for Al-Ahly to end the meeting with Al-Ahly winning with a clean double.

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