Mamelodi Sundowns booked their space in the CAF Champions League final after a dramatic 1-1 blueprint towards Al Ahly in Cairo on Friday evening, progressing through the away goals rule.
Following a goalless first leg in Pretoria, Al Ahly took protect watch over of the return leg when Taher Mohamed fired the hosts into the lead midway through the significant half of, ending off a scoot from Emam Ashour.
With a raucous crowd gradual them, the Egyptian giants dominated the gap half of and looked poised to cease their winless plod towards the South Africans. However Sundowns had other plans.
Within the Eightieth minute, a unhealthy low tainted into the box compelled Al Ahly defender Yasser Ibrahim into an have goal below stress from Peter Shalulile, giving Sundowns a truly grand away goal.
Al Ahly pushed for a winner, with Achraf Bencharki and Wessam Abou Ali coming shut, nonetheless Sundowns held firm to valid qualification.
This end result marks Sundowns’ ninth consecutive unbeaten sport towards Al Ahly and sees them come to the final, where they’ll fulfill both Pyramids FC or Orlando Pirates.
It became a crushing blow for Al Ahly, whose hopes for one other continental crown ended on home soil.
