Al Ahly win the Egypt Cup for the 37th Time | Highlights

Ahly wins the Egypt Cup with a 3-2 shootout victory over El-Geish to complete a remarkable treble.

Pitso Mosimane has led Al Ahly SC to the famous treble after bagging the Egypt Cup with 3-2 penalty shoot-out victory over Tala El-Gaish on Saturday evening.

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There was no rest for the Cairo Red Devils, with Mosimane rolling out the big guns in Mohamed El-Shenawy, Mohamed Magdy, Marwan Mohsen and Ali Maaloul with a treble on the line.

El-Gaish had the ball in the back of the net eight minutes gone through Khaled Sotohy, but luckily for the Red Devils the goal was disallowed for offside.

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Mosimane’s side had a big chance to take the lead 16 minutes in from the boot of Magdy, but the effort lacked the necessary power to trouble Mohamed Bassem.

Then a one-two between Hussein El-Shahat and Maaloul released the Tunisian fullback, who from a decent position went over the top.

With no changes as the second half resumed and a passive spell at that, Ahly went ahead midway through the second period after a ball from Mohsen found Mahmoud Kahraba who tucked home.

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El-Gaish appealed for a penalty kick in the last ten minutes for a suspected handball against Ayman Ashraf, but the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) gave a foul for Badr Banoun instead who got upended.

Ahly were pegged back at the death following a header from Nasser Mansy from a cross into the area by Islam Mohareb. Meanwhile, El-Gaish finished with the rest of the match with ten players after Ahmed Alaa received his marching orders for a second bookable offence, as the match went to extra time.

In extra-time, both sides had chances to grab the winner but in the end failed to capitalize as the match went to a penalty shoot-out, where Ahly were able to keep their cool, with Mostafa Gamal netting the winning kick to complete a historic continental treble.

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