Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane has reacted to his side's shaky progression to the quarter finals of the CAF Champions League.
But its okay, its part of the game. “You could see we were all a little bit nervous in the first 15 to 20 minutes because it’s a big game and we knew it’s a win at all costs and we were not ourselves. We have to pay respect to Al Hilal, who gave us a very big fight.
Finishing second means record 10-time champions Al Ahly will be drawn against a group winner in Cairo on Tuesday.
"There's a young generation that has never seen Al Ahly and Zamalek compete in front of their supporters"https://t.co/rI1a8m3r4s Raja, Esperance and Wydad have won nine Champions League titles between them and whoever faces Ahly over two legs will be involved in a tie sure to trigger huge media attention. Raja Casablanca of Morocco won Group B, Esperance of Tunisia topped Group C and Wydad Casablanca came first in Group D.
Hassan el Shahat came off the bench to score and secure the final CAF Champions League quarter-finals place for title-holders Al Ahly of Egypt at the ...
"We won the last two editions of the Champions League despite finishing second in our group each time," the 57-year-old told reporters. Raja, Esperance and Wydad have won nine Champions League titles between them and whoever faces Ahly over two legs will be involved in a tie sure to trigger huge media attention. Finishing second means record 10-time champions Ahly will be drawn against a group winner other than Sundowns in Cairo on Tuesday.
Al-Ahly qualified for the quarter-finals of the African Champions League after defeating Al-Hilal of Sudan in the last round with the goal of Hussein ...
Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane expressed his satisfaction after emerging victorious in Al Hilal clash in CAF Champions League group stage.
“They are professional players that know how to deal with these situations. “We will be fully focused on the upcoming Champions League games, it’s normal for Al Ahly players to fight for every title. Speaking to the press after the game, Mosimane addressed a few topics, including the team’s unstable performance throughout the group stage.
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Mamelodi Sundowns wrapped up one of the most incredible group stage performances by a club and Soccer Laduma looks back at their campaign in numbers.
10 - The South African champions were the third highest scoring team in the group stages, scoring 10 times. 3 - Thapelo Morena finished the group stages as the club's top scorer in the six matches, bagging three goals. They hammered Al Hilal 4-2 in Sudan.
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Al-Ahly had already met Wydad in the semi-finals of the tournament version in 2020, where he had won 2-0 in the first leg and 3/1 in the second leg, to be relaunched from the defeat against the Moroccan team in the final of the competition in 2017, while faced Esperance in the same round as the last version of the Champions League, won 1-0 in the first leg in Tunisia and 3-0 in Cairo, also to be considered for the defeat against (Sheikh dei club Tunisians) in the final of the Champions League version in 2018. Each ranked first team plays with one of the second ranked teams in two matches, where the first round is played in the stadiums of club in the second league, while the second round takes place in the stadiums of the first team classification and two teams from the same group cannot face each other in the quarter-finals, but they can face each other. There are 6 i club that in have previously been on the podium, reflecting the strength and rivalry they will enjoy next matches in the most glorious African Cups. While the South African Sun Downs, 2016 champion, and Al-Ahly of Egypt, champion in charged in the last two editions, the Moroccan Raja Casablanca, who won the title 3 times, and the Algerian ES Setif, who won the tournament in 1988 and 2014, have qualified for the second round from the first round . Tunisian Esperance, who has 4 titles in the competition, and Algerian CR Belouizdad have moved from Group C, in addition to Moroccan Wydad Casablanca, who won the cup in 1992 and 2017, and Angola Petro Atlético from Group D. Thus , Al-Ahly, keeper of the record for the number of championship victories with 10 titles, awaits a big-caliber confrontation against one of the club Esperance, Wydad and Raja, as the red team had already met them all.
There are eight teams remaining in this season's CAF Champions League but Junior Khanye already 'knows' which ones will be in the final.
For me, I see those two teams going all the way to the final,” added Khanye. “For me, I see Sundowns playing the final. The date, venue and kick-off time have been confirmed for this weekend’s CAF Champions League between Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly. Photo: Weam Mostafa/BackpagePix
Defending champions Al Ahly labored to a 1-0 win against Al Hilal Omdurman in their final group match in Cairo on Sunday to confirm their place in the CAF ...
Sundowns finished the group stage unbeaten after a 3-0 win at home to Al-Merreikh courtesy of goals from George Maluleka, Bradley Ralani and Kermit Erasmus. Al Ahly needed just a draw to seal their place in the knockout phase but knew defeat by a big margin would end the defense of their title. Defending champions Al Ahly labored to a 1-0 win against Al Hilal Omdurman in their final group match in Cairo on Sunday to confirm their place in the CAF Champions League quarterfinals.