viagramof – Al-Ahly tied with its Tunisian counterpart, Esperance, 0-0, during…
viagramof- draw Al-Ahly team against its Tunisian counterpart, Esperance, 0-0, during the match that brought together the two teams this evening, Saturday, at the Hamadi Al-Aqrabi Olympic Stadium in Brades, in the first leg of the final round of the African Champions League.
Summary of the Al-Ahly and Esperance match
Swiss coach Marcel Koller, Al-Ahly team’s coach, entered the match with a formation consisting of Mustafa Schubert, Ali Maaloul, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Hani, Marwan Attia, Akram Tawfiq, Imam Ashour, Hussein Al-Shahat, Percy Tao, and Sam Abu Ali.
Kohler was forced to make a change at the beginning of the match, after Tunisian Ali Maaloul was injured in the seventh minute, so Karim Fouad entered and participated in his place.
The match was at a moderate level by both teams, with a somewhat relative advantage in favor of Esperance, which threatened Mustafa Schubert’s goal on more than one occasion, especially in the second half.
Esperance’s most dangerous chance came in the sixth minute, with a dangerous header from Rodrigo that passed close to Schubert’s goal, then a header from Yassine Meriah in the 62nd minute that went wide.
On the other hand, it was the most dangerous opportunity Al-Ahly A ground shot from outside the penalty area by Hussein Al Shahat passed the goal in the 25th minute, then a ground shot from Imam Ashour in the 62nd minute passed the post.
With this result, the decision will be postponed until the second leg, which will be held in Cairo, on May 25, and Al-Ahly needs to win any result in order to be crowned the title.
