Supercup Final Al Ahly vs Zamalek | CAF HIGHLIGHTS | 09/27/24 | beIN SPORTS USA
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00:00Referee gets us underway. Immediately three Alali players lining up on that right-hand side, but the long crossfield ball not with the correct angle, and then it goes straight through to Mohamed Awad.
00:21Immediately trying to stretch the game. Long ball over the top. Jaziri getting his head on it.
00:30Unable to get the better of Rami Rabia. Right-hand side. He has managed to scrape himself off the floor now.
00:39Zamalek still in possession. Now they probe down the right-hand side. Here's Zizo. Whips the ball in, but too close.
00:51Now a crossfield ball looking for Kamal in space. Can't quite get on the end of it.
00:57Right idea.
01:03Taufik. Nicely laid off for Taufik, and he's gone past that first challenge as well. It's all opening up here for Taufik, and he has a topo, but it's straight at the goalkeeper.
01:11The fouls, such as it was, seem to be outside of the area, but this isn't a good sign for Zamalek, is it?
01:19How often do you see the referee going over to the extra monitor?
01:27It's usually not a good sign.
01:31What I don't like here, they start off with that image.
01:40He's come across for the ball to try and block the shot.
01:50And what he shouldn't be doing is freeze framing it.
01:52Well, that doesn't look good, does it? The ball's long gone.
02:02Footballers will tell you that that is a genuine challenge to try and block, a desperate challenge to try and block the shot.
02:13The problem is, as soon as they stay on, it's already made up its mind.
02:23And the penalty's been given.
02:31The Zamalek players are furious. Yellow cards are going to be flying out here.
02:36You see El-Sayed trying to keep the players away from the referee. He's got to be strong here, the referee.
02:46The Zamalek players just cannot react like that.
02:52And the coaching staff can't come on the pitch either.
03:04Well, that's kicked off the atmosphere in the stadium.
03:08Not much reaction from Marcel Koller.
03:14Sefa Shalabi there has to keep quiet. It was a nice move here.
03:23It's a fixed toe poke.
03:28And Flauthi coming across, trying to block the shot just too late.
03:35I've got to say, the amount of times you see challenges in the air.
03:43Another man with a yellow card that's still kicking off. Good grief.
03:48Good grief.
03:51Donga's getting involved.
03:58I see Tao doing his best to keep Donga out of trouble.
04:04Abu Ali with a chance to open the scoring here.
04:09And he keeps his head calm.
04:12The Zamalek players cannot. And 44 minutes in, Al-Ali into the lead here in the CAF Super Cup Final for 2024.
04:21Cool, calm and collected from Wessem Abu Ali.
04:25The 25-year-old Palestinian watching the ball down the middle.
04:30Here's the incident that kicked everything off.
04:35The challenge coming in from Hamza and Flauthi.
04:38VAR bringing the referees' attention to that incident having been missed by our Libyan official.
04:59The Zamalek come forward. There's an overlap from Bentayg.
05:03It's the ball in. Oh, that nearly went in, actually.
05:10The referee deciding that 55 minutes is quite long enough for the first half of this 2024.
05:20As our referee, Mutaz Ibrahim from Libya, gets us back underway again.
05:26Here for the second half, the Red Devils of Al-Ali up against arch rivals from Cairo.
05:34Zamalek, the two arguably biggest teams in African football, head-to-head here for the African Super Cup.
05:42First time it's been played outside of the African continent as well.
05:47The referee drives towards the area, has the shot, a goal, slight deflection.
05:50El-Shanawi nearly dropping that into danger and eventually claws it out of the way.
05:56No foul there.
06:00I have no idea, honestly, what possible foul they could be looking at.
06:06It cannot possibly be for this from El-Shanawi.
06:12It cannot possibly be.
06:14It cannot possibly be.
06:19Checking for a possibility.
06:22Born in Sweden but to Palestinian parents and they're on the attack here, Zamalek.
06:26The ball comes in and that's the equaliser.
06:30Zamalek back on level terms with 13 minutes to go.
06:37Well, the substitutes may not have had a real effect on the goal.
06:40But they've certainly had their effect on the match and I think actually it's Nasser Mansi's first touch that's put the ball in the back of the net.
06:49The white half of this stadium explodes with emotion.
06:54And it is indeed Nasser Mansi.
06:56A mistake there from the defender.
07:00Gaber gets in behind, lovely ball in.
07:04Then Mansi cuts across the defender, gets the touch, it goes through the goalkeeper.
07:11It almost out of nowhere, Zamalek back on level terms.
07:31It's near side.
07:41So we have a draw ladies and gentlemen.
07:44We don't have a champion yet.
07:471-1 is the scoreboard at the moment.
07:55Sea of red.
07:57Behind Mohamed Awad.
07:59As Rabieh steps up.
08:02The keeper gets a fingertip on it but not enough.
08:11It wasn't a bad height for the goalkeeper.
08:21Here's Young.
08:26Fires it past El-Shanawi.
08:28El-Shanawi.
08:36Again the keeper going the right way, well that was right into the side netting.
08:42Difficult to get to that one unless he moves really early.
08:48Come out, trots up, sends the keeper the wrong way, strokes it in the opposite corner.
08:54From the penalty spot.
08:59Penalty.
09:12Penalty earlier.
09:20Well.
09:28I think El-Shanawi thought he might have been able to stop that one.
09:32Nearly got there.
09:33Right smile from the Egypt stop.
09:37Ali Atallah.
09:39Oh and it's been saved.
09:47And it's Al-Ali that blinked first.
09:53It's a good height for the goalkeeper.
09:56He picked the right way.
09:58That kick was going on target and it's been beaten out.
10:03Not the best of penalties there from Mohamed El-Shanawi.
10:07Straight down the middle.
10:09Zamalek now 3-2 up.
10:12And Al-Ali playing catch up.
10:15In this penalty shootout for the 20.
10:18On the previous penalty.
10:21With the pressure now all on Al-Ali.
10:23Well, they will feel there might be a certain amount of justice.
10:28Steps up, sends the keeper the wrong way.
10:32And Ali back on level terms.
10:54Steps up.
10:56Finds the bottom corner.
11:02Zamalek one step closer.
11:06And what would be a first since 2020.
11:14Well.
11:16He's already scored once from the penalty spot and this time he's missed.
11:23Wissam Abu Ali.
11:25Finds the upright.
11:27And Zamalek can celebrate.
11:32It's over.
11:34It's over ladies and gentlemen.
11:37Zamalek have won.
11:39In a gripping
11:412024
11:43African Confederation Super Cup.
11:46The White Knights
11:48overcame
11:49Al-Ali
11:50in a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
11:54Winning the match
11:55that ended 1-1 in regular time.
11:59And Zamalek's resilience
12:02shown through
12:04with their goalie
12:06making
12:07a very good job.
12:10And now they are champion.
12:13For Zamalek.
12:15Who once again
12:17defied the odds against
12:18their biggest rivals.
12:20It's a victory
12:22that will echo across the continent
12:25marking a new chapter
12:27in the club's resurgence
12:29and reigniting their supremacy
12:32in African football.
12:34So everybody celebrating in Al-Ali
12:37cannot believe
12:39what is happening
12:41right here.
12:48Al-Ali
12:50Al-Ali