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The first half of the match between Al-Ahly and Moroccan Wydad, which is currently played at the Cairo Stadium in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-finals, ended with Al-Ahly advancing with a clean double, amid the creative performances of all the players led by technical director Musimani, and Al-Ahly play the match with a formation consisting of: Mohamed El-Shennawi, Yasser Ibrahim Ashraf, Ahmed Fathi, Muhammad Hani, Amr Al-Soulia , Diang, Hussein Al-Shahat, Junior Ajay, Muhammad Majdi Qafsha and Marwan Mohsen, sitting on the bench, each of them: Ali Lotfi, Mahmoud Kahraba, Walid Suleiman, Mahmoud Waheed, Ahmed Al-Bad Sheikh and therefore Aliu Fathji Ahmed Fathy is on the left front in place of Ali Maaloul, who suffers from a strained posterior muscle, prompting his departure from the 18-list for the match.
While the Wydad formation includes: Reda Tijnaouti, Yahya Jabbani, Kasengu Kazadi, Ismail Al-Haddad, Ibrahim Najm Al-Din, Yahya Atiyah Allah, Badi Awok, Walid Al-Karti, Ayman Al-Hasouni, Abdul-Latif Naseer and Brahima Kumara.
Al-Ahly had achieved a 2-0 victory over Wydad in the match that took place last Saturday at the Mohammed V stadium in Morocco. Al-Ahly scored in the first leg, Mohamed Magdy Afsha and Ali Maaloul, and Al-Ahly moved from his hotel to the Cairo International Stadium, with security from the police forces involved in securing the red team bus.
The start of the match was active by Al-Ahly, who pressed early to score a goal with the minutes, and had what he wanted when Marwan Mohsen scored a goal in the fifth minute, but South African referee Victor Gómez stayed about four minutes to count the goal for the red giant, while the referee raised the offside flag. Marwan Mohsen asked the “mouse” referees to count the ball as a goal, and after negotiations between the referee Gomez and the “mouse” team through the “headphones” for the ball to be counted as a goal.
Wydad’s players tried to dissuade the referee, but to no avail, and Al-Ahly kept pushing and hitting Ajay with a strong ball, to which the guest goalkeeper responded well, and over time, the Moroccan team’s performance was revitalized, but the Al-Ahly defense responded to the situation.
Control returned well to Al-Ahly and he possessed a strong midfield, and Mohamed Magdy Qafsha received a good ball from Diang, who was hit by a strong Qafsha, but went away from the net, and Wydad responded with a powerful ball, that Al-Shenawi tackled beautifully.
Hussein Al-Shahat managed to score a wonderful goal for Al-Ahly in the 26th minute, after receiving a wonderful pass from the brilliant Diang to Hussein Al-Shahat, who dodged the Wydad defender more than once and splashed the ball into the goal from Wydad, announcing Al-Ahly’s second goal.
Al-Ahly continued to control the match, and their players circulated the ball through the center of the stadium and threatened the visiting goal more than once, while the Moroccan team played in the counterattacks that the defenders of Al-Ahly and El-Shennawi they were able to cope until the first half ended with Al-Ahmar advancing with a clean double.
