The club’s first football team prepares Al Ahly To face its first-team football counterpart in Algeria’s ES Setif in the African Champions League semi-finals.
The first team football match will be held in the club Al Ahly To face its first-team counterpart in Algeria’s ES Setif in the CAF Champions League semi-finals on May 7th.
Akram Tawfiq, the average player in Al-Ahly club, appeared at Mukhtar Al-Titch Stadium a short time ago, following he finished his training in the gym, and held a quick session with Sayed Abdel Hafeez, the football director, and Ahmed Abu Abla, the team doctor.
The first football team of Al-Ahly Club will play the final training at five in the evening, Friday, at Al-Teach Stadium on the island, in preparation for facing the Algerian team ES Setif in the African Champions League.
Akram Tawfik suffered a cruciate ligament injury in the Egypt-Nigeria match in the last African Cup of Nations.
The history of Al-Ahly and ES Setif confrontations
We review the history of the first-team football matches in Al-Ahly Club and ES Setif, in the semi-finals of the African Champions League.
The confrontations between Al-Ahly and ES Setif witness a slight advantage in favor of the Algerian team, as Al-Ahly club faced its counterpart ES Setif on 5 previous occasions, during which the Algerian team won three matches, while the Red Genie won two matches.
The two teams are playing for the third time in the semi-finals, where the first confrontation was in the 1988 edition, and Al-Wefaq won in Algeria with a score of two goals without a response.
In 2018, Al-Ahly faced Algeria’s ES Setif in the continental semi-final, and the Red Genie in Cairo Egypt won a double and lost 2-1 in the return to reach the final.
