Fans of the Round Witch are waiting for the clock to strike eight this evening, Saturday, to follow the fateful match that brings together Al-Ahly and Esperance of Tunisia at Cairo International Stadium in the second leg of the African Champions League final.
Mustafa Schubert and Aman Allah Mamish played goalkeepers Al-Ahly Esperance, respectively, played the championship role in qualifying their teams for the final African Champions League. Schubert played 8 matches in the continental competition in which he did not concede any goals, while Aman Allah Mamish scored a clean sheet in 11 of the 11 matches in which he participated..
And the brilliance of my guard is no longer Al-Ahly and Al-Taraji It is strange that they have genetic genes for excellence in goalkeeping, since Mostafa Schubert, Al-Ahly’s goalkeeper, is the son of Ahmed Schubert, the former goalkeeper of Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team, who won many titles with Al-Ahly and the national team..
Aman Allah Mameesh is the son of Tariq Mameesh, the former Tunisian Esperance goalkeeper, who currently works as a goalkeeper coach with the Libyan Al-Ahly club..
Al-Ahly overthrew its Congolese rival, Mazembe, after drawing in the first leg at the latter’s stadium, 0-0, and winning the return leg in Cairo, 3-0. Esperance advanced at the expense of Sun Downs, South Africa, after repeating the victory in the back and forth, 1-0..
The 2023-2024 CAF Champions League final became purely Arab for the eighteenth time in the tournament’s history, and the third in a row after Al-Ahly and Morocco’s Wydad advanced to the final of the tournament in the last two editions..
Al-Ahly and Esperance previously met in the Champions League final in two previous editions, in 2012 and 2018. .
The first confrontation was in 2012, and Al-Ahly won the title after a 1-1 draw at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and a victory in Rades with a score of 2-1. The second confrontation came in the final of the 2018 edition, and Al-Ahly won at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria with a score of 3-1, and lost in Rades with a score of 0- 3