Tunisia/Egypt: Mighty Ahly Survive Orange Confederation Cup Scare in Tunisia

Egyptian and African football giants Al-Ahly kept alive hopes of retaining the CAF Confederation Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Tunisians Club Africain in a weekend play-off.Ramadan Sobhy converted his shootout spot-kick to give the winners of a record 19 CAF titles a 5-4 victory on penalties at the Stade Olympique in Tunis suburb Rades.

Club Africain had scored eight minutes into stoppage time to win the return match 2-1 and level the aggregate score at 3-3 after Ahly won in Cairo by the same score. Ahly will face two more Tunisian sides, Esperance and Etoile Sahel, in the group stages along with Malians Stade Malien.

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