Direct coverage of the events of the meeting between Esperance Tunis and Al-Ahli of Egypt at the stadium of Rades, Friday, in the second leg of the Champions League final.
The return leg is gaining momentum after the first round of controversial refereeing decisions and subsequent penalties announced by the African Football Confederation (CAF).
Al-Ahly managed to win the Borg Al Arab Stadium a week ago with a 3-1 win to make Esperance the second leg. The Tunisian team needed to win by two goals to compensate for their delay.
The players began the game with a variety of:
Moez Ben Sherifiya (goalkeeper), Sameh Aldarbali, Ayman Ben Mohamed, Mohamed Ali Al Yaqoubi, Khalil Chamam (defenders), Fusini Coulibaly, Ghilan Al Shaalani, Saad Bajir, Anis Al Badri and Yousuf Blaili (center players).
Ahli, who was missed by suspended Moroccan striker Walid Azaro, started the meeting with the following form:
Mohamed Al-Shennawi (goalkeeper), Mohammed Hani, Saad Samir, Salif Koleibali, Ayman Ashraf (defenders), Hossam Ashour, Amr Sulayy, Walid Suleiman, Islam Mahareb and Mido Jaber.
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S 80: 10 minutes left on the end .. Trust comes back to the confusion and confusion on Ahli.
Q 78: Al-Shennawi saves Al-Ahli from the third with a powerful shot from Al-Badri after a break from the right.
One-third of the remaining hour and the score remains unchanged.
A 59: Al-Badri almost beat Al-Shennawi with a third but his shot went around the goal.
A 54: Esperance achieves the goal of the second goal by the star of the meeting.
The start of the second half .. Esperance enters with great enthusiasm for the purpose of scoring the second early to make up the difference of loss to go.
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45: Esperance advance with a goal to Saad Baqir in the last seconds of the first half, and the referee ends the break immediately after.
10 minutes remaining at the end of the first half .. The tension players are getting more tense and their competitors are getting more calm and hope that the break will result in a draw.
Q27: Al-Khanisi shoots his head from inside the penalty area but his ball is above the Al-Shennawi's cross.
A 25: Safrawan cards against Walid Suleiman of Ahly and Fusini Coulibaly of Esperance after friction between the players.
The first half of the game will be tempered and the tension will dominate the game. Esperance has the ball on their toes and there are no real chances on the goal.
S 20: The owners of the stadium regain possession of the ball and close to the goal of Al-Shennawi but without real danger so far.
Q10: Al Ahli plays more calmly by virtue of their progress in the first leg while the tension seems to be on Esperance players.
A 3: A conservative start from both sides to touch the pulse and absorb the start of Hamas.
Ethiopian referee Bamelak Tesima launches the whistle.
