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CAF Champions League Report: Esperance v Al Ahly 19 June 2021

CAF Champions League Report: Esperance v Al Ahly 19 June 2021

Images via Al Ahly

Al Ahly took control in their CAF Champions League semi-final tie after claiming a 1-0 win away to Esperance in the first leg on Saturday evening.

Scroll through the gallery above to see action from Al Ahly's win over Esperance.

The start of the encounter had to be delayed due to police firing tear gas to control the home supporters, but the gas got onto the field which forced the Red Devils to cut their warm-up short.

The game eventually got underway at 19h00, one hour after the initial kick-off time, as the situation had cooled down at the Hammadi Agrabi Stadium.

There was also South African presence on the pitch as Victor Gomes officiated the match in the middle of the park along with assistant Zakhele Siwela.

After a relatively quiet opening to the half, Mosimane's charges had the ball in the back of the net when Mohamed Sherif slotted home on 30 minutes but the strike was ruled out for offside.

Esperance did manage carve out a chance of their in the first half, but goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy was on hand to make the save as the sides went into the break goalless.

Sherif squandered a golden chance to put the Red Devils ahead on 61 minutes when he failed to hit the target from six-yards out.

However, the Egyptian midfielder made up for the miss seven minutes later after latching onto a pass by Aliou Dieng before firing past Moez Ben Cherifia.

In the end, the one goal was enough to do the job for the Red Devils who also managed to keep a clean sheet heading to the second leg.

Check out the top 20 of CAF's 21st century club rankings below:

18.	Club Africain
18. Club Africain
16.	USM Alger
16. USM Alger
5.	Zamalek
5. Zamalek
20.	Orlando Pirates
20. Orlando Pirates
17.	Vita Club
17. Vita Club
3.	Esperance De Tunis
3. Esperance De Tunis
7.	Raja Casablanca
7. Raja Casablanca
2.	TP Mazembe
2. TP Mazembe
8.	Enyimba
8. Enyimba
4.	Etoile Du Sahel
4. Etoile Du Sahel
1. Al Ahly
1. Al Ahly
10.	Al Hilal
10. Al Hilal
12.	ES Setif
12. ES Setif
15.	Coton Sport De Garoua
15. Coton Sport De Garoua
9.	CS Sfaxien
9. CS Sfaxien
14.	JS Kabylie
14. JS Kabylie
11.	Mamelodi Sundowns
11. Mamelodi Sundowns
19.	Al Merrikh
19. Al Merrikh
6.	Wydad Casablanca
6. Wydad Casablanca
13.	Asec Mimosas
13. Asec Mimosas

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