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Mohammed Allam
Friday 28 January 2022
11:32 PM
Al-Ittihad of Alexandria overthrew Al-Ahly from the top of the Basketball Super League following defeating it in an exciting match between the two teams until the last seconds, with a score of 84-79, at the conclusion of the matches of the last round of the preliminary stage of the tournament.
Thus, Al-Ittihad raised its score to 25 points, equal to Al-Ahly, who had the same balance of points, but the advantage of direct confrontations gave the Alexandrian team the lead in the ranking stage of the competition.
Al-Ahly settled the first period in his favour, with a score of 18-17, but Al-Ittihad succeeded in returning to the second period and resolving it in his favour, in the last seconds of this period, following it almost ended with a score of 37-37. .
The excitement continued in the match between the two teams, and Al Ittihad of Alexandria maintained its lead 59-56 at the end of the third period.
The excitement of the match increased with the fourth period, which witnessed a strong competition between the two teams. Al-Ittihad advanced at the beginning, then Al-Ahly returned and advanced at the score 67-61, before the Alexandrian team returned to the match once more and advanced over Al-Ahly by 6 points at the score 78-72.
Al-Ahly returned to the match and reduced the difference to one point, making the score 78-77 for Al-Ittihad, a minute and a half before the end of the match. Then, the leader of Al-Thaghr maintained his superiority to settle the match in his favour, with a score of 84-79.
Thus, the curtain falls on the last match of the fourteenth and final round of the preliminary stage of the Super League, in which the teams ranked from first to eighth in the tournament will be determined.