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Al-Ahly and numbers
The Egyptian club Al-Ahly won against its guest Simba SC with two goals without responding in the match between the quarterfinals of the Champions League in the tenth match between the two teams in continental competitions
To equal Al-Ahly Club the number of Tunisians Al-Taraji in the number of round-trip victories in continental competitions: 40 times.
The first for Al Ahly was 41 years ago, in May 1983 on behalf of Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe.
Yesterday's meeting defined the victory number 51 of the owners of the field with a score (2-0) in the African Cups (Al-Ahly has the most winning teams with this result easily)
While the guests were saved in the tenth defeat with the same result in continental competitions, including four defeats against Egyptian clubs.
Al-Ahly Club will continue its consecutive matches without losing in the Champions League (18 matches) as the second best streak for the team in the competition.
Al-Ahly Club supports the number Qari for the 20th time in the semi-finals of the Champions League (in its version).
While contract Simba SC continues to reach the quarter-finals of the top competition for the sixth time in 50 years, the only time the team reached the semi-final of the Champions Cup was in the 1974 edition.
Amr Al-Soula started scoring in the 47th minute with his right foot, increasing his tally to 6 Champions League goals since the group stage, and he is called the fifth Arab player to play 100 matches in the competition.
Mahmoud Abdel Monem then supported "Electricity" the result of a penalty in the 9+90 minute in the right goal of the field and scored his fourth goal as the seventh player, reaching this number in the current edition, and increased his credit to 15 goals in the Champions League, up from 9 goals since the group stage.
During yesterday's match, the Al-Ahly club kept its net clean for the 19th time (and the sixth in a row) in 29 continental matches with Swiss coach Marcel KOLLER.
Mustafa Schuber contributed significantly to his club's run and became the fourth youngest goalkeeper in the competition's history to keep his net clean in five consecutive matches since the group stage at the age of 23 and 326 days.
The encounter between Al Ahly and Simba SC saw Tunisian Ali Maaloul pass Egyptian Hossam Ashour into reading number for number of wins after the Champions League Cup group stage.
Where Maaloul won for the 18th time with Al Ahly Club while the previous number recorded by Ashour was 17 wins, all with Al-Ahly the last one was five years ago (April 2019 on the South African account of Mamelodi Sundowns).
Note that Amr Al-Soulia joined his compatriot Hossam yesterday in number of wins after the Champions League Cup group stage.