Al Ahly thrashed Coton Sport 4-0 in their CAF Champions League clash at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium on Friday to keep their slim quarter-final hopes alive.
In the build-up to the weekend’s action, headlines in North Africa have been dominated by Mamelodi Sundowns and whether they would intentionally drop points against Al Hilal to eliminate the Red Devils who’ve been in five of the last six finals of the competition.
But Marcel Koller’s side still needed to turn up in Garoua and do their part, which they did with a convincing win in which Kahraba bagged a hattrick, two of the goals were supplied by Percy Tau while the Bafana Bafana star added the fourth.
The Egyptian giants now need to hope that Sundowns beat Hilal in Sudan on Saturday afternoon, which head coach Rulani Mokwena said they will do everything in their power to do and remain professional and fair to the game.
It would set up a tantalising final fixture where the winner takes all between the Egyptian side and Florent Ibenge’s outfit in Cairo after the FIFA International break.
However, everything still depends on what transpires at the Al Hial Stadium on Saturday in what will be a scorcher of 37 degrees celsius in Omdurman.
