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Hearts down El-Ahly 2-1 in CAF Champions match
An 88-minute goal by "wonder boy" Ishmael Addo powered Accra Hearts of Oak to a 2-1 victory over visiting Nadi El-Ahly of Egypt in the CAF Champions League soccer match played at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The win puts Hearts on six points from three matches, three points less than group A leaders Raja Casablanca of Morocco, who beat Shooting Stars of Nigeria by a lone goal in their third match played in Lagos on Saturday. The Egyptians kicked off under the instruction of Senegalese referee Falla Ndoye and made an early incursion into Hearts penalty area but Hearts central defender Sani Wahab foiled Aly Maher?s attempt at goal. After that effort, the visitors surprisingly recoiled into their shelves, allowing the homesters to dominate the game. In the fifth minute Hearts' playmaker, Emmanuel Yartey should have put his side ahead but he failed to connect Dan Quaye's freekick.
Cheered on by the fans, Hearts pushed more men forward in search for an early goal, which never came until the 54th minute when Edmund Copson broke the deadlock. He latched onto a long volley from Yartey to deliver a left footer shot, which caught goalkeeper Essan El Hadary flat-footed for the opener. The goal was greeted with thunderous cheers from their vociferous fans.
Inspired by the goal, Hearts redoubled their efforts up-front leaving only a few men at the rear. The visitors capitalized on the poor defensive network of Hearts to pull level in the 70th minute. Substitute Sany Komsan fired an unexpected long range into the far corner of the post to beat goalkeeper James Nanor. After the goal, Hearts' technical men brought on Charles Allotey and Robert Saba for Yartey and Ben Acquah to help search for the match winner. The substitution paid off in the 88th minute as Addo hit the net from a three-man move by Allotey, Saba and Copson.
Line up (Hearts): James Nanor, Dan Quaye, Amankwah Mireku, Emmanuel Kuffour, Sani Wahab, Edmund Copson, Kenneth Sarpong/Emmanuel Adjogu, Ben cquah/Robert Saba, Joe Fameyeh, Ishmael Addo, Emmanuel Yartey/Charles Allotey.
El-Ahly: Essan El Hadary, Moushir Hanafi, Ibrahim Hassan, Ibrahim Said, El-hady Mohammed, Yasser Rayan Hady Khashaba, Yushif Yakuba/Sany Komsan, Said Abd El Hafir, Aly Maher, Ahmed Belal/Ahmed Fawzi.
Video clip of Hearts first goal Click Here
Video clip of Al Ahly's first goal Click Here
Video clip of Heart's second goal Click Here
Hearts down El-Ahly 2-1 in CAF Champions match
An 88-minute goal by "wonder boy" Ishmael Addo powered Accra Hearts of Oak to a 2-1 victory over visiting Nadi El-Ahly of Egypt in the CAF Champions League soccer match played at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The win puts Hearts on six points from three matches, three points less than group A leaders Raja Casablanca of Morocco, who beat Shooting Stars of Nigeria by a lone goal in their third match played in Lagos on Saturday. The Egyptians kicked off under the instruction of Senegalese referee Falla Ndoye and made an early incursion into Hearts penalty area but Hearts central defender Sani Wahab foiled Aly Maher?s attempt at goal. After that effort, the visitors surprisingly recoiled into their shelves, allowing the homesters to dominate the game. In the fifth minute Hearts' playmaker, Emmanuel Yartey should have put his side ahead but he failed to connect Dan Quaye's freekick.
Cheered on by the fans, Hearts pushed more men forward in search for an early goal, which never came until the 54th minute when Edmund Copson broke the deadlock. He latched onto a long volley from Yartey to deliver a left footer shot, which caught goalkeeper Essan El Hadary flat-footed for the opener. The goal was greeted with thunderous cheers from their vociferous fans.
Inspired by the goal, Hearts redoubled their efforts up-front leaving only a few men at the rear. The visitors capitalized on the poor defensive network of Hearts to pull level in the 70th minute. Substitute Sany Komsan fired an unexpected long range into the far corner of the post to beat goalkeeper James Nanor. After the goal, Hearts' technical men brought on Charles Allotey and Robert Saba for Yartey and Ben Acquah to help search for the match winner. The substitution paid off in the 88th minute as Addo hit the net from a three-man move by Allotey, Saba and Copson.
Line up (Hearts): James Nanor, Dan Quaye, Amankwah Mireku, Emmanuel Kuffour, Sani Wahab, Edmund Copson, Kenneth Sarpong/Emmanuel Adjogu, Ben cquah/Robert Saba, Joe Fameyeh, Ishmael Addo, Emmanuel Yartey/Charles Allotey.
El-Ahly: Essan El Hadary, Moushir Hanafi, Ibrahim Hassan, Ibrahim Said, El-hady Mohammed, Yasser Rayan Hady Khashaba, Yushif Yakuba/Sany Komsan, Said Abd El Hafir, Aly Maher, Ahmed Belal/Ahmed Fawzi.
African Cup competition collated results
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 20 (Reuters) -- Collated results of African club competition matches played at the weekend: African Champions League: Group One:
In Accra, Sunday:
Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 2 Al Ahli (Egypt) 1
Scorers:
Hearts of Oak - Edmond Copson, 54, Ishmael Addo, 88
Al Ahli - Saeed Samy Komsan, 70
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In Rabat, Sunday:
Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 1 Shooting Stars (Nigeria) 0
Scorer: Bouchaib Al-Moubarki, 55
Standings P W D L F A Pts
Raja Casablanca 3 3 0 0 3 0 9
Hearts of Oak 3 2 0 1 5 2 6
Al Ahli 3 1 0 2 4 5 3
Shooting Stars 3 0 0 3 2 7 0 Next matches:
Al Ahli v Hearts of Oak, Cairo, October 8
Shooting Stars v Raja Casablanca, Ibadan, October 9
Group Two: In Abidjan, Saturday:
ASEC Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 2 Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 0
Scorers: Siake Tiene 44, Venance Zeze 74
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In Tunis, Sunday:
Esperance (Tunisia) 5 St Louisienne (Reunion) 0
Scorers: Ali Zitouni 10, 74, Julius Aghahowa 43, Edith Agoye 55, Faycal Ben Ahmed 89
Standings
Esperance 3 3 0 0 10 0 9
ASEC Abidjan 3 2 1 0 5 4 6
St Louisienne 3 1 0 2 2 8 3
Dynamos 3 0 0 3 0 5 0
Next matches:
St Louisienne v Esperance, St Denis, October 9
Dynamos v ASEC Abidjan, Harare, October 10
African Cup Winners' Cup: Quarter-final, second leg
In Abidjan, Sunday:
Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 1 Royal Armed Forces (Morocco) 0
Scorer: Abdulkader Keita, 82
Dismissal: Youssef Draikate (Royal Armed Forces), 85
Africa Sports won 2-1 on aggregate
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In Port Said, Sunday:
Al Masry (Egypt) 3 Dragons (DR Congo) 0
Scorers: Mohamed Al Hassan, 15, 24, Mohamed Abouldahab 42
Al Masry won 3-1 on aggregate
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ASM Sangarendi (Guinea) v Orlando Pirates (South Africa), postponed
Club Africain (Tunisia) v Power Dynamos (Zambia), postponed
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup:
In Cairo, Friday:
Zamalek (Egypt) 4 Kwara United (Nigeria) 0
Scorers: Abdul Latif Aldumani 35, Abdel Halim Ali, 49, 61, Ayman Mashali, 86 Zamalek won 4-1 on aggregaye
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In Algiers, Friday:
USM Algiers (Algeria) 2 Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) 1
Scorers:
USM Algiers - Rachid Amirat, 11, Hadj Adlane, 32 pen Wydad Casablanca - Redouane Al Allaly, 89 Wydada Casablanca 2-2 on aggregate. Wydad won on the away goals rule - - - -
In Sousse, Saturday:
Etoile Sahel (Tunisia) 3 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia, holders) 3
Scorers:
Etoile Sahel - Silva Dos Santos, 14, 44, Imed Mhadhebi, 60
CS Sfaxien - Imed Ben Younes, 40, 46, 79
Red cards: Abdelkader Boujelbene, 29 (CS Sfaxien), Oumar Kalabane (Etoile Sahel), 70
Etoile Sahel won 5-4 on aggregate
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In Yaounde, Sunday:
Canon Yaounde 1 Etoile Filante (Burkina Faso) 0
Canon Yaounde won 2-1 on aggregate
Scorer -- Calvin Batang, 35
Red cards: Meke Ambroise Atoumbamout, 78 (Canon Yaounde), Yacinthe Kabore, 89 (Etoile Filante)
