Al-Ahly team achieved a difficult and exciting victory over its host, El Mahalla Municipality, 2-1, in the twenty-second stage of the Egyptian Football League, which was held at Ghazl El Mahalla Stadium.
After a negative first half, Al-Baladiya surprised Al-Ahly and took the lead through Majed Hani in the 56th minute, before substitute Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed equalized for Al-Ahly in the 79th minute.
In the ninth minute of stoppage time, French substitute Anthony Modeste scored the winning goal for Al-Ahly, snatching the red team three expensive points.
Al-Ahly raised its score to 33 points from 15 matches, advancing to fifth place in the ranking table, while Mahalla Municipality’s score stopped at 19 points in fifteenth place.
The Mahalla Municipality imposed a tight defensive approach from the beginning of the match and tried to prevent Al-Ahly from posing any threat to its goal by defending with all its players from half the field.
The course of play reversed the progress of the Mahalla Municipality in the 56th minute, when Waheed Mohsen shot a powerful ball that bounced off the crossbar, followed by Majed Hani with another shot that went into Mustafa Schubert’s net, giving the lead to the home team.
In the 79th minute, substitute Abdel Wahed succeeded in adjusting the score when he followed Mahmoud Metwally’s header bouncing off the post to score the equalizing goal.
In the ninth minute of stoppage time, Modeste received Abdel Wahed’s pass and sent it into the net, grabbing 3 valuable points for Al-Ahly, noting that the referee added a full 18 minutes in stoppage time.
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