2023-04-23 22:40:50
Al-Ahly of Egypt and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa put forward in the semi-finals of the African Champions League, after the first defeated its Moroccan guest, Raja Athletic 2-0, and hit the second hard outside its stadium by dropping Al-Shabab Al-Sport Belouizdad Algeria 4-1, the day before yesterday. , in the first leg of the quarter-finals. Morocco’s Wydad Athletic Club (defending champion) returned with a disappointing result from Simba, Tanzania, by losing 1-0, after Tunisia’s Esperance had defeated its Algerian host, JS Kabylie, with the same result.
And after he was on the brink of exiting the back door of the competition, Al-Ahly of Egypt regained its luster in the playoffs, and honored and honored its guest, Moroccan Raja, with two goals at Cairo International Stadium in front of more than 50,000 spectators.
Mohamed Abdel Moneim scored the first goal of the match in the second minute of calculated time instead of lost for the first half, before Hamdi Fathy added the second goal in the 84th minute.
The return match will be held in Morocco next Saturday, where the winner of that match will qualify to face the winner of the Tunisian Esperance and JS Kabylie match in the same round.
Al-Raja goalkeeper, veteran Anas Al-Zeniti, said: “His team was the best in the first half. We were close to scoring, but we did not take advantage of the opportunities due to haste at times, just as we were not organized at the end of the half to receive a harsh goal at its timing, and in the half.” The second we suffered from fatigue ».
He continued, “The result is harsh, but it is not impossible. We need to appear at a higher level in the second leg, and the desire to compensate, as well as the support of our fans against an experienced team in this competition that we count on to save our season.”
A disappointing result for the title holder
Moroccan Wydad Athletic Club (defending champion) returned with a loss from its host Simba Tanzanian, with a clean goal, the day before yesterday, in Dar es Salaam. The goal was scored by Jan Palecki (31). The Moroccan team was affected by several factors, including playing in rainy weather and the absence of influential players, especially Senegalese scorer Pauly Sambo and goalkeeper Ahmed Reda El Technouti. The “Wydad of the Nation” presented the worst performance since the Spaniard, Juan Carlos Garrido, took over the supervision of the team, but the opportunity was clear to compensate in the second leg next Friday in Casablanca.
South African alert
Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa, issued a strong warning to its rivals, after defeating its host, Shabab Belouizdad, 4-1, at the “Nelson Mandela” stadium in the Algerian capital.
Despite the slight advantage of the landowners in possession of the ball, the danger was constantly South African, led by the trio: Themba Zwane, Namibian Peter Shaluleli, and Thabelo Morena, and the Algerian defense bore a great burden, but it did not last long.
Belouizdad players left the stadium amid boos from the angry fans, after the team was close to leaving the continental competition. Sun Downs will host the second leg of the quarter-finals in Pretoria next Saturday, and the winner of this confrontation will qualify to play against Moroccan Wydad (the defending champion) or Tanzanian Simba. Belouizdad’s loss comes as a new blow to Algerian football in the Champions League, after its local rival JS Kabylie lost at home to Tunisia’s Esperance with a goal in the first leg of the quarter-finals, and Algerian clubs are expected to miss the semi-finals.
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