Al Ahly SC came from behind to successfully defend their CAF Super Cup title and extend their tally to eight after edging out Raja Club Athletic 6-5 on post-match penalties after playing to a one-all draw-in an intense match played on Wednesday evening.Taher Mohamed came off the bench to level the scores at the death and see the game be decided from the spot, scoring in the penalty shootout as well.The Egyptian side went down just 13 minutes in the game after Hamid Ahadad connected to an Ahmed Hafidi cross to give the Moroccan side the lead after the Al Ahly defenders failed to deal with the cross.🔴 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🔴Al Ahly SC lift their 8th ever #TotalEnergiesCAFSC!YES. EIGHT FOR @AlAhly! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wdUumvV7SN— TotalEnergies CAFSC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) December 22, 2021 The Red Devils of Cairo kept knocking for the better part of the first half but they could not find the equalizer in the first period, with former Brighton player Percy Tau being on the end of a couple of attacks. Pitso Mosimane made a change at the start of the second half, bringing in Mohamed Sherif for Ayman Ashraf, with Ahmed Radwan also coming in for Hussein El Shahat at the stroke of the hour mark.✈️ @AfshaMagdy 🤝 @trikaofficial ✈️#TotalEnergiesCAFSC | @AlAhly pic.twitter.com/5TMB4Txx8K— TotalEnergies CAFSC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) December 22, 2021 The goal scorer came on with 13 minutes left to play in regular time to replace Yasser Ibrahim, as Mohamed Azrida and Soufiane Benjdida came on for Raja to replace Abdelilah Hafidi and Hamid Ahdad.After putting up a resilient performance in the second half while still in search of an equalizer, Taher Mohamed scored the all-important goal for Al Ahly after being set up by Tau at the stroke of 90 minutes to see the game head straight into penalties.GOAL! ⚽🇪🇬 @AlAhly 0-1 @RCAofficiel 🇲🇦Ahdad breaks the deadlock for Raja CA!#TotalEnergiesCAFSC pic.twitter.com/LokJnQFVlI— TotalEnergies CAFSC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) December 22, 2021 Ali Maaloul, Badr Benoun, Percy Tau, Ahmed Radwan, Taher Mohamed, and Akram Tawfik all scored for Al Ahly with their well-taken spot-kicks, with Mohamed Azrida, Zakaria El Wardi, Marouane Hadhoudi, Mahmoud Benhalib, and Mohsine Moutouali scoring for Raja while Abdelilah Madkour chipped his over the bar.
