In the Egyptian capital Cairo, the first match of the final confrontation of the African Champions League took place between the local Al-Ahli and Esperance from Tunisia.

The home team opened the scoring at the 34th minute from the penalty spot, at the beginning of the second half the teams exchanged goals, and 13 minutes before the end of normal time, the Egyptians increased their advantage, setting the final score.

Al Ahly - Esperance 3: 1 (first leg).

Goals:

Soliman, 34 (from the penalty spot), 77 (from the penalty spot), Al Sulaya, 58 - Belayli, 64 The return match will take place on November 9 at El Menz in Tunisia.

Note that Al-Ahli is the most award-winning club of the KAF Champions League (8 titles). Esperance won twice (most recently in 2011). In 2012, teams met each other in the final and then Al-Ahly celebrated the victory..

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