Egyptian Al Ahly, African champions for the 11th time

2023-06-11 23:40:30

He al ahly egyptianwho won the African Champions League this Sunday for the eleventh time by beating Wydad Casablanca Moroccan, is the sixth team qualified for the 2023 Club World Cup, in which the Manchester City de Pep Guardiola, new champion of Europe.

He al ahly egyptian he took revenge on him Wydad Casablanca and, with a 1-1 draw at the Mohamed V stadium, they claimed their eleventh African Champions League title.

The cairota box of the Swiss Marcel Koller he resisted, looked for the ‘target’ he needed and sealed his classification thanks to a header from Mohamed Abdelmonem, at 78 minutes. The revenge was consummated after the Moroccans beat them in the final last year.

With this victory the Al Ahly consolidates its reign in the highest African club competition. With eleven titles, he is six ahead of Zamalek also egyptian and Careless congolese

The celebration of the Al Ahly players

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It is Club World Cup 2023, which will be played for the last time under the current format, will be played between December 12 and 23 in Saudi Arabia. They had previously qualified, as champions of their respective confederations, the Mexican Lion Club (Concacaf), the Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds (Asian), the Auckland City neozelandés (Oceania), the Al Ittihad Saudi, champion of the League of the host country, and the Manchester City, who won his first Champions League on Saturday. The name of the winner of the South American Copa Libertadores remains to be known.

The winner will relieve in the list of winners of the tournament the Real Madrid, winner of the last edition, played in Morocco, by beating Saudi Al Hilal 5-3 in the final.

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El Al Ahly and El Wydad They had already qualified for the 2025 Club World Cup, which for the first time will feature 32 teams, for which the following teams also already have tickets: Saudi Al Hilal, Japanese Urawa Red Diamonds (Asia); Mexican Monterrey and León, American Seattle Sounders (Concacaf), Brazilian Palmeiras and Flamengo (South America), Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid (Europe).

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