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Competition in the first group of the African Champions League flared after Al-Ahly lost to Simba Tanzania 1-0 in the second round.
The Congolese Vita Club also beat Al-Merrikh, the Congolese, 4-1.
Simba is the only one to lead the group with 6 points, followed by Vita Club in second place with 3 points, then Al-Ahly in third place with the same score and finally Mars without points.
FilGoal.com reviews with you the Al-Ahly group scenarios up to the final round and how the red team ranks at the top.
The third round
Al-Ahly hosts the Congolese team from the Vita Club in Cairo, and in the same round, Simba comes out to face Al-Merrikh.
And taking into account that Al-Ahly will win all their home games, they will add 3 points against the Vita Club, to reach point 6.
The closest thing would be Simba’s victory away from Al-Merrikh, who also lost 4-1 at home to Vita Club.
After the end of the third round, the group ranking will be in the lead with 9 points, then Al-Ahly in second place with 6 points.
The fourth round
Al-Ahly will go out to face the Vita Club in Congo, and Simba will host Al-Merreikh in Tanzania.
Al-Ahly will have to beat Vita at home to get to point 9, because the closest thing will be Simba’s victory over Mars, the weakest of the group.
After the end of the fourth round, Simba reached 12 points in the lead and guaranteed the classification, followed by Al-Ahly in second place with 9 points.
Then Vita Club is in third place with 3 points and Mars is fourth without points.
What if Al-Ahly didn’t win the Vita Club?
If Al-Ahly does not achieve a victory outside of Vita and the match ends in a draw, the red team will reach point 7 and remain in second place behind Simba.
The Vita balance will increase to point 4.
But things will change in the fifth round, when Vita takes on Simba in Tanzania, and by a large percentage he will lose to bring Simba’s score up to 15.
Al-Ahly will also go to Sudan to face Al-Merrikh, and as the Sudanese team demonstrated in the first two rounds, the Red Genie will be preferred to win, taking his score to point 12 in second place in the event that wins. Vita out of his stadium in the third round.
In the event that Al-Ahly tied with Vita, the red team would reach the 10th point and would also officially qualify for the eighth day of the tournament.
In the worst circumstances, and if Al-Ahly lose to Vita, the two teams will be tied on points with a score of 6 each.
Round the ranking of centers
There are 3 possibilities before the last round of the group, which is that Al-Ahly will face Simba who is winner, loser or tied with Vita in the fourth round.
The first possibility: Al-Ahly’s victory over Vita
Considering that Al-Ahly defeated Vita Club outside the stadium and accepted it at Sudanese Al-Merrikh, and considering that Simba also beat both teams.
Simba will have 15 points and Al-Ahly 12 before the final round match, which will be played at the Cairo Stadium.
Here, Al-Ahly must beat Simba by more than one goal, to occupy the top of the group with head-to-head advantage after losing a goal in Tanzania.
And any result other than Al-Ahly winning by more than one goal would mean Simba would end the group on top.
Therefore, Al-Ahly’s victory over Vita in Congo is necessary for the red team to move closer to the top of the group.
The second possibility: the loss of Al-Ahly de Vita
If Al-Ahly lose to Vita in the fourth round, they will have 9 points, given that they beat the Congolese team in Cairo and Al-Merrikh in Sudan.
Since Simba beat Vita, the Congolese team will have 6 points before the last round.
And at that point, Al-Ahly will have to beat Simba to qualify for second place behind the Tanzania team.
The third possibility: Al-Ahly tied with Vita
Here, Al-Ahly will enter the sixth round, with 10 points, and Vita will have 7 points off the balance.
And just as Al-Ahly will be required to win in the second innings, they will also have to beat Simba in Cairo with any result to qualify for second place.
