The first leg in Radès marked the 3-0 superiority of the Egyptian team.
Al-Ahly holds the record for most titles in the tournament with ten, and will be hoping to improve their balance against qualifier Moroccan Wydad Athletic Club, invited to Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa, on Saturday after they tied the first leg with a negative result in Casablanca.
Whatever the second party of the final, Al-Ahly, who will play the sixteenth final in its history, will seek revenge, as last season Wydad deprived him of the third title in a row and the eleventh in its history , winning the final. 2-0, scored by Zuhair Al-Metraji, as the Egyptian team suffered this season. For the worst loss this season against the South African team 2-5.
Wydad’s Swiss coach Marcel Kohler missed some of his key cards through injury, especially goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shennawy with a muscle problem as Ali Lotfi took part in his place.
While the “Bab Souika” team was led by coach Anas Al-Busaidi, who temporarily took over the helm after the resignation of coach Nabil Maaloul, the team playing in the absence of a large number of its key players including goalkeeper Moez bin Sharifia and Ghilan Al-Shaalali, Algerian defender Riyad bin Ayad and Libyan winger Hamdo Al-Huni.
However, the Tunisian team started to attack, hoping to grab their first goal, while the Egyptian team were calmer as they absorbed the pressure of the visiting team, and tried to surprise them, while the South African Percy Tau passed to Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba”, who hit the crossbar, but the Mauritanian referee Dahan Beida announced an infiltration (5).
After the two teams traded chances, Hussein Al-Shahat opened the scoring for the groundowners when he stood out and struck a powerful ball to the left of goalkeeper Muhammad Sidqi Al-Dabashi, taking advantage of a clever pass from South African Percy Tau. (22).
With this assist, Tao has contributed to nine goals for the Egyptian team in the last seven matches of the continental championship, with four goals and five assists.
The Tunisian team started the second half of the match in attack, but its danger was negative in the goal of goalkeeper Ali Lotfi, and the “Club Al-Qarn” gradually regained the initiative with control of the midfield. ground.
The Tunisian team almost equalized thanks to a header from Muhammad Ali Bin Hamouda, brilliantly saved for a corner by the Egyptian goalkeeper (65th).
And the Algerian defender of Espérance, Mohamed Amin Togay, shone by blocking a powerful shot from Al-Shahat alone, deflecting it for a corner, depriving Al-Ahly of consolidating the score (68).
Coach Koehler made changes to his squad in a bid to rest some of the key players, such as Tao, Al Shahat and Hamdi Fathi, and Yasser Ibrahim fired a powerful ball from outside the penalty area, which passed over the crossbar (87).
Kahraba again tried to consolidate the score, but his shot went over the goal (90+1).
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