The first football team of Al-Ahly club resolved its qualification to the quarter-finals of the African Champions League matches after drawing with the Sudanese Al-Hilal with a goal for each of them in the match that was held between them yesterday at Al-Jawhara Stadium in the framework of the last round of the group stage.
Al-Ahly qualified for the quarter-finals as the second group after collecting 11 points, ranking second behind the coastal star, the group’s leader with 12 points.
Al-Ahly is on a date with a fiery confrontation during the quarter-finals, where it is scheduled to meet with Congolese Mazembe, South African Sun Dans or Esperance.
It is scheduled to hold the draw for the quarter-finals next Wednesday evening in one of the major hotels in Cairo.
Al-Ahly has a good balance in the history of its meetings with the three clubs before the draw was made and the competitor was identified, and Al-Ahly played with Mazembe 4 times, Al-Ahmar won twice and drew in a meeting and lost another, the first confrontation was in the group stage 2002 and Al-Ahly won a clean goal, and the last meeting was in The same round in 2012, Mazembe won 2-0.
Al-Ahly met Sun Dawns, Al-Ahmar won 3 of them and drew on two occasions, and the South African team won one time, the first confrontation was in the first leg of the 2001 Champions League tie and drew 1-1, Al-Ahly won in the second leg 3-0, the last confrontation was in the second leg The Champions League final last year, Al-Ahly won 1-0, and the team lost 5-0 back in South Africa.
Al-Ahly played with Esperance 20 times, Al-Ahmar won 8 times and tied on 8 occasions, the Tunisian team won 4 times, the first match was in the first leg of the 16th round of the 1990 Champions League and they tied without goals, while the last meeting was in the final leg of the 2018 tournament, and won Esperance 3-0.
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