Ali Maaloul, captain of Al-Ahly, in front of Al-Taraji in the Champions League for the first time, on condition

Ali Maaloul, captain of Al-Ahly, in front of Al-Taraji in the Champions League for the first time, on condition
Ali Maaloul, captain of Al-Ahly, in front of Al-Taraji in the Champions League for the first time, on condition

Posted by Omar Anwar

Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:27 PM

The journalist, Ahmed Schubert, revealed that there is a historic event awaiting Tunisian Ali Maaloul, the left back of Al-Ahly club, in front of Al-Taraji in the match scheduled for the tenth evening tomorrow, Friday, in the second leg of the semi-final round of the African Champions League.

Ahmed Schubert said through his account on “Facebook”: “There is a historical event that Ali Maaloul is waiting for if Muhammad Hani does not participate and Khaled Abdel Fattah participates in his place, and in the absence of Muhammad Al-Shennawy, the captain of the red team for injury, Ali Maaloul will be the bearer of the captaincy in front of Esperance tomorrow..

Al-Ahly club advanced to the semi-finals for the nineteenth and fourth consecutive time in the history of its participation in the African Champions League, whether in its old or new name, after a goalless draw with the Moroccan Raja Casablanca team in the return match of the quarter-finals, which was held in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, Al-Ahly had won the first leg in Cairo with two free goals scored by Mohamed Abdel Moneim and Hamdi Fathy.

Al-Ahly won the championship ten times, which is an African record, followed by Congolese Mazembe clubs and Egyptian Zamalek with five championships each, followed by Tunisian Esperance with four titles, then Canon Yaounde of Cameroon, Havia Conakry of Guinea, Raja and Moroccan Wydad with three titles each.