Egyptian giants, Al Ahly showed impressive resilience and quality on Friday evening to defeat Ghanaian outfit Medeama SC by a lone goal.
The two clubs locked horns today in a Round 5 encounter of Group D in this season’s CAF Champions League competition.
In a game played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Medeama SC set up strong in a bid to secure victory to move away from the bottom of the group standings.
The Ghanaian champions did fight but committed a number of errors that affected the team’s play and ability to cause any significant harm.
In the game today, the fierce contest that ensued between the two teams could not produce a goal as both teams went into the break on level pegging.
Three minutes into the second half, Hussein El Shahat equalized to give Al Ahly the lead.
Although Medeama SC fought to find a way back, the team could not equalize and had to succumb to a narrow defeat at the end of the 90 minutes.
The result leaves Medeama SC bottom of the Group D standings and on the brink of elimination from this season’s CAF Champions League.