Al-Ahly FC thumps ES Setif to put one foot into CAF Champions League final

CAF Champions League holders Al-Ahly FC thumped ES Setif 4-0 on Saturday evening in the semifinal first leg match at At Al-Salam Stadium in Cairo. At the kick-off, Al-Ahly attacked hard and managed to score a goal in advance in the 3rd minute but the referee canceled it after referring to the “mouse” technique, which indicated the presence of a case of infiltration on Taher Muhammad Taher. South African striker Percy Tau scored for Al-Ahly in the 30th minute. Amir Karaoui was sent off for a dangerous challenge on Hussein El Shahat with 10 minutes of the first half. Then Taher Mohamed Taher added the second goal in the 54th minute, and Mohamed Sharif secured the third goal in the 72nd minute, then Percy Tau completed his brace Percy Tau added the fourth goal for Al-Ahly in the 90th minute.

Al-Ahly’s squad was as follows: 

Goalkeeper: Muhammad Al-Shennawi
Defenders  : Muhammad Hani, Yasser Ibrahim, Ayman Ashraf, Ali Maaloul
Midfielders: Hamdi Fathi, Aliu Diang, Abdel Qader
Forwards: Al-Shahat, Tao, Taher Muhammad Taher.

While ES Setif squad came as follows:

Goalkeeper: Sofiane Khadayriya 
Defenders: Hussein Laribi - Mohamed Khatir Zeyti - Hicham Belkaroui - Houari Farhani 
Midfielders: Abdelkader Boutiesh - Amir Karaoui - Ahmed Kandoussi - Akram Djahnit 
Forwards: Abdelmoumen Gabo - Riad Bin Ayyad.