CAIRO – 18 April 2018: Al-Masry defeated Gabon’s Mounana 2-1 on Tuesday night at the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup play-off round at Port Said Stadium.
Al-Masry entered the game with an away goal advantage as the first leg in Gabon ended with a 1-1 draw and they only needed a barren draw to go through to the group stage.
Al-Masry players managed to end the first half with a goalless draw and they opened the score after 15 minutes of the second half start through a header from their Burkinabe midfielder, Mohamed Koffi, to get another step closer to the next round.
Mounana surprised Al-Masry fans when they equalized the score five minutes later by Louis Autchanga's goal to make the score 1-1.
Al-Masry’s winger, Eslam Issa, dribbled four Gabonese defenders and put the ball in the back of the net 15 minutes before the final whistle to make the score 2-1.
The Egyptian players aborted all the Gabonese attempts to equalize the score at the remaining minutes and ended the game 2-1.
The Egyptian team reached the competition’s group stage for the first time in their history, having been eliminated from the play-off round in 2017 after losing to Uganda’s Kampala Capital City.
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