Ahly 2 - 1 The_Gaints (365733788)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and AhLy StaDiuM saw a crowd turnout of 77048. Gunnar Haugen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jordão Mocidade and Leonardo Bissola. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Ahly. The following players had been chosen: 清轩 (Qingxuan) - Yazdanyar, Pinglo, Campolmi, Lamela - Ros, Pfeiffer, Bém, Visentin, Dabdoub - Kaduk.

The_Gaints tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Lander - Jaroszuk, Crampon, Abbas - Saramago, Abulafia, Tylikowski, Helleman, de Kreij - Nygaard, Buch Petersen.

Ahly took the lead after 11 minutes as a result of A. Dabdoub's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Ahly's F. Campolmi swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. The home side's M. Ros came close to extending the lead 37 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but N. Lander managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ahly, with 53 percent of the ball.

The_Gaints were close to putting the equaliser away after 64 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to S. Nygaard in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. B. Buch Petersen finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 71 minutes into the match. After 71 minutes, the Ahly coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving F. Campolmi off the field. C. Palma took his place. After 74 minutes of play, S. Kaduk gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The_Gaints's J. Crampon was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 76 minutes. I. Yazdanyar could have increased the lead after 77 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Possession in this half belonged to Ahly, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Ahly's top performer was clearly S. Kaduk. A. Dabdoub was a disappointment, however. Most important The_Gaints player was B. Buch Petersen. However, A. Saramago made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.