ES sétif vs al ahly

Al Ahly have sealed qualification to the CAF Champions League final this season following their 2-2 draw against ES Setif on Saturday.

Tau provided a sublime through ball to Mohamed Sherif, who calmly finished to put the tie to bed and send Al Ahly to the Champions League final for the third consecutive season. ES Setif took the lead at the hour mark as Riyad Benayad unleashed a powerful strike from distance that beat Mohamed El-Shenawy to set up a nervy end to the game. Al Ahly have sealed qualification to the CAF Champions League final this season following their 2-2 draw against ES Setif on Saturday.

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Al Ahly are record winners of the CAF Champions League with 10 titles to their name while Wydad Casablanca are two-time African champions courtesy of triumphs in 1992 and 2017. Defending champions Al Ahly are just 90 minutes away from defending their 2021 crown after seeing off Algerian side ES Setif in the second semifinal of the CAF Champions League. Al Ahly are aiming to be the first team in history to win the CAF Champions League three times in a row

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Those tactical changes by the South African coach slowed down the attacks from the Algerian side and the Red Devils found a way out of their own half as Mohamed Sherif levelled matters on the night and made it 6-2 on aggregate in stoppage time with a strike in the box after he was teed up by Tau. Setif had a bright start in the second stanza as they fashioned chances and Riad Benayad gave his side the lead on the hour-mark with a low pile-driver from outside the box that found the bottom corner. The home side did not look back from there, as Ahmed Kendouci eventually found the equaliser on the stroke of halftime with a strike into the top corner after he was teed up by Akram Djahnit in the box.

Mohamed Sherif netted in injury time for a draw on the night as Al Ahly swept through to a third consecutive CAF Champions League final.

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The hosts upped their game after the break and striker Benayad put them in the lead with a rocketing shot from outside the area. ES Setif pushed forward and Ahmed Kendouci levelled the score in the 44th minute with a powerful strike in the roof of the net. Ahly were off to a blistering start as they practically killed the tie when Abdel-Kader combined with Tau to go clear on goal and score the opener after just two minutes.

Ahmed Abdelkader of Al Ahly is challenged by Mohamed Khouthir Ziti of ES Setif during the CAF Champions League 2021/22 Semifinal 2nd Leg match between ES Setif and Al Ahly held at the 5 July 1962 Stadium in Algiers, Algeria on 14 May 2022 ©Ladjal ...

The Casablanca club were also regular (and antagonising) opponents for Mosimane when he was in charge of South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns. That was until injury time when Tau – providing his fourth assist of the tie – teed up substitute Mohamed Sherif to net with a shot which was only half-saved by the ‘keeper and dribbled over the line to end the game at 2-2 on the night and 6-2 overall in favour of Ahly. They were finally rewarded with a goal in injury time before the interval, with Ahmed Kendouci cutting inside from the right of the penalty area and firing home a left-footed shot via the underside of the crossbar to make it 1-1 on the night and 1-5 on aggregate.

Al Ahly are through to their third consecutive CAF Champions League final following a 6-2 aggregate win over ES Setif on Saturday.

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