VIDEO: Al Ahly crash out of the Confederation Cup

Another Egyptian team out of the Confederation Cup this week, Orlando Pirates defeated Champions Al Ahly  4-3 (5-3 on Agg).
Ahly looked en route to overturn the first-leg deficit after Gabon striker Malick Evouna scored either side of the interval. But the South Africans managed to pull one back through substitute Kermit Erasmus in the 58th minute.

The 2-1 scoreline brought Ahly back to square one, as all they needed now was to score a single goal to go through, but it was the visitors who scored a second through Thamsanqa Gabuza in the 75th minute to make Ahly’s mission more difficult.

Orlando, however, did not rest on their laurels with their opponents needing to score two goals to progress, as Thabo Matlaba compounded Ahly’s woes with another goal with just four minutes remaining.

Substitute Amr Gamal then equalized to make it 3-3 in the second minute of stoppage time, before another sub in Thabo Rakale made sure the Buccaneers emerged winners in both legs in the final minute.

Ahly now squandered their last chance to save their faltering season, after losing the domestic league and cup titles to arch-rivals Zamalek.

Orlando Pirates and Etoile du Sahel, who edged out Zamalek with a 5-4 aggregate win, now meet in the competition’s two-legged final in November.

Match Facts:

FT: Ahly 3-4 Orlando Pirates
Scorer(s): Evouna 42′, 53′, Gamal 90+2/ Erasmus 58′, Gabuza 75′, Matlaba 86′, Rakale 90+5

Yellow card(s): Jele, Ntshumayelo

lineups

Ahly: Sherif Ekrami – Bassem Ali (Amr Gamal 78′), Saad Samir, Mohamed Naguib, Sabri Rahil – Hossam Ashour, Ahmed Fathi, Moemen Zakareya (Ramadan Sobhi 60′), Abdallah El-Said – John Antwi (Meteb 73′), Malick Evouna.

Orlando Pirates: Felipe Ovono – Happy Jele – Rooi Mahamutsa, Ayanda Gcaba, Thabo Matlaba – Lehlogonolo Masalesa, Thandani Ntshumayelo (Sarr 72′), Mpho Makola, Sifiso Myeni (Thabo Rakale 58′) – Thamsanqa Gabuza, Lehlohonolo Majoro (Kermit Erasmus 56′)