Algerian international star Riyad Mahrez opened the goals for Al-Ahly against Al-Wasl of the United Arab Emirates in the match held between them, today, Monday, within the framework of the second stage of the Western Group in the AFC Champions League Elite 2024-2025 competition.
Al-Wasl hosts Al-Ahly at Zabeel Stadium in the Emirate of Dubai, with the whistle of South Korean referee Kim Hye-gun.
Al-Ahly, led by young German coach Matthias Jaelse, achieved a hard-fought victory in the first round of… Asian Championship At the expense of Iranian Persepolis with a clean goal, while Al-Wasl lost with the same score to the Uzbek team Pakhtakor Tashkent.
Riyad Mahrez opens Al-Ahly’s goals against Al-Wasl
Early in the fourth minute, Riyad Mahrez scored the first goal of the match following a long assist from Brazilian defender Roger Ibanez, giving the Algeria national team captain the lead for the Saudi Al-Ahly team in the match.
In the 39th minute, Mahrez returned the gift to Ibanez, offering “Harouz“A decisive pass from which Ibanez scored Al-Ahly’s second goal against Al-Wasl.
Thus, Mahrez has contributed to 3 goals from the first two matches in the AFC Champions League Elite Championship, as he provided an assist from which Ivorian Franck Kessier scored the winning goal against Persepolis in the first round, then returned in the second round against Al Wasl to score a goal and create another.
The first half is currently coming to an end, and Al-Ahly Saudi Arabia is 2-0 ahead of the home team and Al-Wasl, and is close to achieving the full score from the first two rounds in the AFC Elite Champions League.
