Despite losing against Al Ahly on Saturday evening, the victory at the Lucas Moripe Stadium a week earlier had all but guaranteed the South African side a place in the last four, though there was still work to be done. The home side started the game with incredible intensity knowing that they had to put more than five goals past Onyango to have any chance of overturning the first leg heavy result of the quarter-final fixture in Atteridgeville. Our goalkeeper was called into action straight from the kick-off when striker Walid Azarou tried to sneak in past defenders Wayne Arendse and Ricardo Nascimento, but Onyango was on hand to make the save and force a corner kick.
A few minutes later, the same Azarou went tumbling down in the box looking for a penalty following a tussle with right back Anele Ngcongca, but referee Bakary Gassama from Gambia stood firm.
But they did not stop searching for that opening goal that they hoped would open the floodgates for more as they chased an emphatic five-goal deficit. It was Hussein El Shahat who tested Onyango later in 34 th minute with a powerful effort from range, but the Ugandan shot-stopper was alert to prevent the ball from going into the back of the net. Azarou did eventually beat Onyango with a flying header in the 68 th minute, connecting well with a cross from winger Ramadan Sobhi β but even he knew it was perhaps too little too late.
Oupa Manyisa stepped in as his replacement. Al Ahly, the eight-times champions were eliminated on a aggregate score, setting up Sundowns with a semi-final fixture against Wydad, who finished above the Brazilians in Group A of the competition last month.
The first leg will be played away in Morocco, with Downs having the advantage of hosting the second next early month. Great job. I got this web page from my pal who told me regarding this web page and now this time I am visiting this web page and reading very informative posts at this time.
