Al-Ahly Club succeeded in achieving a major victory over
Al-Ittihad Jeddah by three goals to one, in the second round of the Club World
Cup, at Al-Jawhara Stadium in Jeddah.
Al-Ahly completely excelled during the match and was close
to achieving a historic victory with a major result, but it wasted several
goals when the result indicated a 3-0 lead before Al-Ittihad scored a goal in
counted time instead of stoppage time at the end of the match.
An impressive start
Al-Ahly impressively started the match after
controlling the ball and threatening the owners’ goal until they succeeded in
getting a penalty kick in the 22nd minute, from which Ali Maaloul scored the
first goal.
Al-Ahly added the second goal in the second half after a
wonderful shot from its star, Hussein Al-Shahat, in the 59th minute, with a
right-footed shot to the goalkeeper’s opposite corner.
Al-Ahly documented its great superiority with the third goal
in the 62nd minute, with a goal by its star Imam Ashour, who translated
teamwork between the players with several passes that gave him the ball in
front of the goal without his goalkeeper.
Benzema succeeded in registering his name among the scorers
of the match with a goal in the 90th minute + 2 after a ball fell from
El-Shenawy following a header, making up for the goal he missed by missing a
penalty kick in the first half.
Record
Al-Ahly continued its record numbers in the Club World Cup,
qualifying for the semi-finals for the fourth time in a row, as the first club
in history to achieve that achievement.
Al-Ahly won two bronze medals in its last three
participations in the Club World Cup, and aspires to win a new medal when it
faces Brazilian Fluminense in the semi-finals.
Egyptian supremacy
Al-Ahly Club continued its superiority over Saudi clubs in
the Club World Cup recently, as it previously won 4-0 over Al-Hilal in the Club
World Cup in the bronze medal match.
Al-Ahly’s victory over Al-Ittihad by three in the city of
Jeddah comes in response to the Tigers’ victory in 2005 with a goal by Mohamed
Nour over the African champion in the World Cup in Japan.
El-Shenawy's brilliance
The Egyptian international goalkeeper, who was nominated for
the CAF Award for Best Goalkeeper in Africa before Moroccan Yassine Bono won
it, continued his brilliance in the Club World Cup by saving a penalty kick
from French star Karim Benzema in the first half.
The last tournament had witnessed similar brilliance from
El-Shenawy when he saved a penalty kick against Real Madrid, executed by
Croatian Luka Modric, in a match that the Spanish giants won 4-1.
Arab top scorer
With his goal against Al-Ittihad, Al-Masry Adel Hussein
Al-Shahat equaled the number of his club legend Mohamed Abu Trika, and Saudi
Al-Hilal star Salem Al-Dosari, with 4 goals in the Club World Cup.
Hussein Al-Shahat now shares the title of top scorer for the
Arabs in the World Cup with Abu Trika and Al-Dosari, and he has a chance to
hold the number, as Al-Ahly has guaranteed to play two matches in the
tournament, by competing in the semi-finals and then the final match or the
match for third place.
