Tunisia: Arab Club Champions Cup - Group-1 - CS Sfaxien Lose to Iraqi Al-Shorta SC 0-1

Tunis/Tunisia — CS Sfaxien suffered a narrow defeat against Al Shorta of Iraq (0-1) in a contest marking the inaugural game of Group 1 of the Arab Club Champions Cup, held on Thursday at the King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia.

The decisive goal was netted by Alaa Abdul-Zahra at the 67th minute through a penalty kick.

The other fixture in the group will see Esperance de Tunis face Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia later in the evening at 8:00 PM.

Group A:

July 26

CS Sfaxien - Al Shorta 0-1

Esperance de Tunis - Al Ittihad

July 30

CS Sfaxien - Al Ittihad

Esperance de Tunis - Al Shorta

August 2

Esperance de Tunis - CS Sfaxien

Al Ittihad - Al Shorta

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