The Egyptian Al-Ahly team ended the curse of Ghanaian territory by achieving a difficult victory against its host, Medeama, with an unanswered goal, on Friday evening, in the 2024 African Champions League.

Al-Ahly achieved victory outside its stadium against Medeama, as part of the fifth round of the group stage of the most expensive tournament at the level of clubs in the African continent.

The Red Giant came very close to qualifying for the quarter-finals, after raising its score to 9 points at the top of the fourth group standings.

Result of the Al-Ahly and Medeama match

Hussein El Shahat scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute, after a special pass from veteran French striker Anthony Modeste.

The goal came after the Red Giants had complete control over possession, crowning their efforts with the only goal of the match.

This is the first victory for the “Red Devils” in Ghanaian stadiums after 8 previous trips during which they did not achieve any victory at the African Champions League level.

This curse began in 1977 when he lost to Hearts of Oak, and continued until the last match, which saw him draw with Chelsea 1-1 in groups in 2012.

Result of Al Hilal and Petro Atletico

In the same round, but within the third group competitions, Al Hilal of Sudan tied 0-0 with its guest Petro Atletico of Angola.

With this result, the position of “Sudanese Blue” became very complicated, after reaching 5 points in third place before the match between Esperance and Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in the same group.

Esperance occupies 5 points and Etoile 4, while Petro Atletico leads the standings with 9 points.