Urgent| For"Al-Ahly" There are stories in Rades.. and the journey of defending the African title has begun
The Al-Ahly club’s first team delegation heads to the Tunisian capital at eight o’clock this evening, Wednesday, by private plane, in preparation for facing Esperance, in the first leg of the African Champions League final.
Al-Ahly Club and Esperance de Tunis
The Al-Ahly team will conduct its final training session this Wednesday afternoon, at Mokhtar Al-Touch Stadium on Al-Jazira, before the Red Giants delegation then heads to Cairo Airport, in order to head to Tunisia, on a private plane.
Today’s training will be the decisive factor in deciding Ahmed Abdel Qader’s position on whether or not he will be in the team’s delegation, especially since he has participated gradually in the past few hours, while Amr Al-Sulayya’s absence from the delegation has been confirmed despite his gradual participation in yesterday’s training. strong>
Captain Khaled Bibou had gone to Tunisia, accompanied by Captain Samir Adly, Managing Director, in order to finalize all arrangements for the mission’s arrival and procedures related to accommodation, transfers, and the training field, before facing Esperance. In the first leg of the final round of the Champions League scheduled for next Saturday. The Tunisian football representative is chasing his fifth title in the continental club competition.
The Red Castle faced Esperance in 22 matches in the African Champions League, and the victory went to The Red Giants 10 times, compared to only 4 times for Esperance, with draws in 8 other matches.
The majority of Al-Ahly and Esperance’s confrontations throughout history were in championship matches. The African Champions League, and they met for the first time in the second round of the 1991 edition, and the two-legged matches ended in a goalless draw, then the Tunisian club qualified on penalties.
1991: It was the first confrontation between the two teams. Where they met in the African Champions League, under its old name “African Club Champions League”, and the two teams tied back and forth without goals, and Esperance won 4-2 on penalty kicks from the penalty spot.
< span style="color:#c0392b;">2001: Al-Ahly faced Esperance in the semi-finals of the African Champions League; The goalless draw was decided as a result of the first leg in Cairo, and they tied 1-1 in Tunisia, bringing Al-Ahly to the final.
2007: The two teams met in the group stage; Al-Ahly won by three in the first leg, while Esperance won the second leg with an unanswered goal.
2010: The meeting between the two teams was renewed, as they faced each other in the semi-finals of the tournament. Al-Ahly won in Cairo by two goals to one, then Esperance won in Rades with a clean goal, making Esperance advance to the final.
2011: The two teams met in the group stage of the African Championship; Esperance won the first leg with a clean goal, then they tied 1-1 in the second leg.
2012: The two teams met in the tournament final; The positive draw was decided with a goal for each in the first leg in Cairo, and Al-Ahly won the championship in Tunisia with two goals to one.
2017: Al-Ahly and Esperance faced off in the quarter-finals. The two teams tied positively with two goals each in Cairo, and Al-Ahly won in Tunisia with two goals to one.
2018: It was the ninth and tenth confrontation between the two teams in the group stage of the African Champions League, where the two teams tied 0-0 in Cairo, and Al-Ahly won in Tunisia with a clean goal.
< span style="color:#c0392b;">2018: The two teams met in the final of the same tournament; Al-Ahly won in Cairo by three goals to one, then was defeated in the second leg by three clean goals.
2021: The two teams met in the semi-finals of the African Champions League; It won in Tunisia with a goal without a response, then repeated the victory in Cairo with a clean triple.
2023: Al-Ahly faced Esperance in the semi-finals of the African Champions League; He won the first leg with a clean score, then won the second leg with an unanswered goal.
It is noteworthy that Al-Ahly Club will face Esperance of Tunisia at 8 pm on Saturday, May 25th, at Cairo Stadium, in the second leg of the African Champions League final.
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