Al-Ahly defeats Abidjan Stadium by four in the African Champions League

Al-Ahly defeats Abidjan Stadium by four in the African Champions League

Al-Ahly of Egypt began its campaign in the group stage of the African Champions League with a 4-2 victory over its guest, Abidjan Stadium, coming from Ivory Coast, on Tuesday.

Al-Ahly, the defending champion, won the first three points in the third group, before facing Orlando Pirates of South Africa against CS Belouizdad of Algeria.

The top two finishers in four groups qualify for the quarter-finals.

Mahmoud Abdel Moneim (Kahraba), Hussein El-Shahat, and Mohamed Magdy (Qafsha) took turns scoring the Al-Ahly quartet in the match.

Kahraba opened the scoring 14 minutes after the start, after receiving a cross pass from Qafsha and receiving the ball with a direct shot into the net.

Qafsha doubled Al-Ahly’s lead seven minutes later after a pass from Taher Mohamed Taher, and Qafsha calmly shot into the goal from inside the area.

Al-Shahat increased Al-Ahly’s lead in the 26th minute after a quick counterattack that ended with a pass from Kahraba that prepared the ball for Al-Shahat, who had no difficulty scoring.

Kasum Kone reduced the score for the visitors four minutes later, using a cross from the right side to meet the ball with a perfect header into the net.

Kahraba scored Al-Ahly’s fourth goal four minutes after the end of the break with a direct shot after a cross pass from Khaled Abdel Fattah.

Roger Assali scored the second goal at Abidjan Stadium in the 55th minute after two corner kicks that were handled poorly by Al-Ahly’s defense, so Assali put the ball into the net easily.

Al-Ahly wasted many opportunities in the first half despite its complete dominance of the ball.

The attacking performance of Abidjan Stadium improved greatly in the second half, and many opportunities were missed, most notably Saint-Jean-Cour’s shot that hit the left post in the 66th minute.