Cairo: Europe and the Arabs
Al-Ahly of Egypt achieved a historic achievement by ascending to the final of the African Champions Club Championship for the fifth time in a row, an achievement that no other team has ever achieved. It also qualifies for the 18th time for the final match. The first match will be held on May 18 in Tunisia and the second match on May 25 in Cairo, which is the third final. Between the two teams
Al-Ahly reached the final for the fifth time in a row, after advancing in the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions.
Al-Ahly team qualified for the CAF Champions League final by defeating Mazembe 3-0 during the match that brought them together on Friday evening at Cairo Stadium in the second leg of the CAF Champions League semi-finals. Al-Ahly’s hat-trick was scored by Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Wissam Abu Ali and Akram Tawfiq. The first leg in Congo had ended in a goalless draw, while Esperance qualified at the expense of the South African team, Sun Downs, after defeating them back and forth with a score of one goal to none.
We had expected here in "Europe and the Arabs" on the 20th of this month that the final would be Arab, with a confrontation between Al-Ahly and Esperance, which was actually achieved, even though the nominations indicated the possibility of the superiority of the stubborn and strong South African team, which was aiming to achieve the title, and the champions of Tunisian Esperance would not have been. On time, they succeeded in reaching the final match and increasing their chances of achieving the title to the delight of the Tunisian fans, against a stubborn team that was accustomed to winning the title 11 times, which is Al-Ahly of Egypt.