Akram Al-Ahly of Egypt benefited its neighbor Al-Hilal of Sudan when it defeated it 3-0 on Saturday at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, in front of about 50,000 spectators, in the sixth and last round of Group Two competitions, and booked the last ticket to the quarter-finals of the African Champions League in football.
Mahmoud Abdel Moneim Kahraba (25) and substitute Hussein Al-Shahat (64 and 81) scored the goals.
Al-Ahly, the record holder in the number of titles in the competition (10) and runner-up in the last edition, stripped its guest Al-Hilal from second place in the group, with a difference between the two direct confrontations, after they equaled points with 10 each, so he joined Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa, the group champion, who defeated Cameroonian Coton Sport 2 -1.
Al-Ahly took revenge for its loss against Al-Hilal in the first leg, 0-1, at the “Blue Jewel” stadium in Omdurman, where it needed to win with a single goal or by a difference of two goals in the event that its net was conceded today, but it hit the hat-trick.
Al-Hilal paid dearly for the loss of its international player, Athar Al-Taher, a penalty kick in calculated time instead of lost in the match against its guest Mamelodi Sundowns (1-1) in the fifth round, which was enough to settle matters before facing the Cairo club.

Al-Ahly dominated the midfield and made repeated offensive attempts in the face of the defensive bloc of Al-Hilal players, and in the eighth minute, Marawan Attia passed deep into Al-Hilal’s defense, reaching Kahraba on the borders of the penalty area. (9) It reaches an electric current inside the penalty area, and it passes by Fofana's left post.
Al-Ahly players continued their control and danger to the guests’ goal, and from a pass by Ahmed Abdelkader to Kahraba, he dodged Senegalese Othman Diouf, and hit the ball with a curved stroke that entered the upper left corner of Fovona’s goal (25).
Marawan Attia's shot from outside the penalty area (28) almost resulted in a second goal for the homeowners, but it passed near the left post.
With the passage of time, Al-Hilal players gave up their defensive retreat, and Yasser Al-Muzamil launched from the right side and passed a cross that was hit by Muhammad Abdel-Rahman, which passed next to the right post of Muhammad Al-Shennawi's goal.
Al-Hilal players tried to return to the score with the start of the second half, and Congolese Fabrice hit from inside the penalty area (53), which was dominated by Al-Shennawy.
Marawan Attia responded with a shot from outside the penalty area (55), which hit the goalkeeper's hand and bounced off the right post and passed on the goal line, and Fovona removed it from in front of Kahraba to a corner, to miss the chances of a sure goal for Al-Ahly.
In the 64th minute, Tau penetrated Al-Hilal's defense from the right side and passed the ball through the depth of Al-Hilal's defense to the uncontrolled Hussein Al-Shahat. Ahmed, and shot into the net to the left of Fofana.