Al Ahly have won the Confederation of African Football Super Cup after beating RS Berkane 2-0 in a final played at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar on Friday evening.
It was an evenly contested affair in the opening exchanges, with both sides seeing a bit of the ball, although chances were hard to come by.
That proved to be the theme for the opening 20 minutes, with the only bit of entertainment coming from Al Ahly’s Mohamed Sherif with his skillful touches.
The first effort of the half arrived in the 28th minute courtesy of Husseim El Shahat ‘s long range strike, which Zouhair Laaroubi was equal to.
Berkane nearly broke the deadlock a minute later when Mouhssien Lajour played a fine pass for Hamdi Laachir, but the striker dragged his effort just wide of the mark.
Al Ahly continued to create more of the chances and Amr Solaya squandered his chance in the 35th minute when he volleyed just wide from a tight angle.
The Red Eagles had the best chance of the half in the 39th minute when Yasser Ibrahim missed to rattle the upright with a fine glancing header.
Sherif then squandered a glorious chance shortly after the halftime break, when he placed his effort wide of the upright from six-yards out, after being teed up by Mohamed Afsha.
Juan Pedro Benali’s men started to dictate play, as the likes of Labri Naji and Zaid Krouch looked lively in the middle of the park.
However, Al Ahly broke the deadlock on the 57th minute courtesy of Mohamed Sherif who collected a pass from defender Mokadem then spinning around him before hitting a powerful left-foot shot into the far corner of the net.
It proved to be a busy evening for Laaroubi, as he pulled off another fine save to deny Ali Maaloul from point blank range in the 66th minute.
He had to be at his best in the 72nd minute, as he pulled off a superb save to keep out Ayman Ashraf’s powerful free-kick.
Al Ahly eventually sealed their win 82nd minute when substitute Salah Mohsen raced clear after a deft through ball from Taher Mohamed Taher to round the keeper before slotting into an empty net.
Mohamed EL Shenawy came to Al Ahly’ rescue just three minute later, as he coming rushing off his line to deny Issoufou Dayo from six-yards out.
The win see Al Ahly bagging their seventh African Super Cup title having lifted the trophy in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2014.
How they lined-up
Ahly: Mohamed El-Shennawi, Mohamed Hani, Badr Benoun, Yasser Ibrahim, Ayman Ashraf, Aliou Dieng, Amr El-Sulaya, Taher Mohamed Taher, Hussein El-Shahat, Magdi Afsha, Mohamed Sherif
RS Berkane: Zouheir Laaroubi, Omar Namsaoui, Issoufou Dayo, Ismail Mokadem, Mohamed Farhane, Bakr El Helali, Zaid Krouch, Najji Larbi, Mohamed Aziz, Hamdi Laachir, Mouhssine Iajour
