Al-Ahly of Egypt succeeded in seizing its first victory in the group stage, following it overcame the obstacle of its Sudanese Alex Reed, Al-Merreikh, with a score of 3-2, this evening, Saturday, at Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo, in the postponed match of the first round of the first group of the African Champions League.
Al-Ahly’s first goals were scored by Muhammad Sharif in the 3rd minute, and he also succeeded in scoring the second goals of the match in the 34th minute, but Al-Marikh pounced and scored his first goals in the 43rd minute through Tony, then tied with Al-Ahly in the 69th minute, and Al-Ahly won with a third goal that was from friendly fire in the 73rd minute. After a wide ball collided with Mohammed Al-Rasheed and entered Al-Merreikh’s goal.
The goals of the Al-Ahly and Al-Marikh match
With this victory, Al-Ahly raises its score to 4 points, in second place, with the advantage of direct matches once morest Al-Merreikh, who has the same balance.
Al-Ahly started today’s match with an offensive activity and scored the early goal through Mohamed Sherif in the 3rd minute, who took advantage of a through pass from Percy Tau and shot it in the Sudanese goal of Al-Merreikh.
Al-Merrikh tried to respond quickly, but Rabiaa pushed the ball away, while Al-Ahly missed a dangerous attempt from Muhammad Sharif following receiving a cross pass from Hani, and another close opportunity was missed for Al-Marrih through a strong shot from Emad Al-Sini that flew next to the post.
Al-Ahly tried through a cross from Muhammad Hani, which Muhammad Sharif was unable to exploit, and then another cross collided with the foot of the Sudanese Mars defender and moved away from the danger.
Mohamed Sharif managed to score the second goal of Al-Ahly of Egypt in the 34th minute, following receiving a cross pass and a distinguished individual effort from Ahmed Abdel Qader, and succeeded in depositing it ably in the net.
Summary of the match between Al-Ahly and Al-Marikh
After that, goalkeeper Munjid El-Nile managed to remove a strong shot from Mohamed Sherif, while Al-Marikh managed to score his first goal from a quick counter-attack and a defensive mistake from Al-Ahly, which Ramadan Ajab took advantage of and passed to Tony Adjomarigui, who shook the net of the red genie in the 43rd minute.
Mostafa Karshoum, Al-Merreikh player, received a warning and a yellow card because of the roughness, while Al-Ahly players consumed the last minutes in the first half through mutual passes.
In the second half, Al-Merrikh tried to reach Al-Ahly’s goal from a cross by Maaloul’s mistake, and Ramadan Ajab did not take advantage of it.
The result of Al-Ahly and the Sudanese Mars
Mohamed Abdel Moneim sent a quick ball away to Saleh Lamreikh, while Al Ahly’s attempt was lost with Sharif’s fall in the penalty area.. Al-Ahly duo, Taher Mohamed Taher and Hussein Al-Shahat, were involved at the expense of Percy Tau and Ahmed Abdel Qader.
Sharif fell once more inside the penalty area and demanded a penalty kick for Al-Ahly, but the referee did not decide it; After that, Al-Merrikh scored its second goal and tied Al-Ahly in the 69th minute through Al-Samani Al-Sawy.
Al-Ahly managed to score the third goal of the match with an individual effort from Amr Al-Sulayya, who passed a cross and Muhammad Al-Rasheed smashed it into his own net in the 76th minute.
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