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Double treble for historical Pitso Mosimane as Al Ahly win Egyptian Cup

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SINAN RAJUB SENOGA

Al Ahly completed a season treble as the 2019/20 campaign climaxed with the Egyptian Cup final at the Borg El Arab Stadium on Saturday evening.

Al Ahly beat Tala’ea El Gaish 3-2 in a post-match penalty shoot-out after both sides played out a 1-1 draw in normal time.

Substitute Mahmoud Kahraba gave Al Ahly the lead in the 65th minute but Nasser Mansi equalized for Tala’ea El Gaish with a header two minutes into the stoppage time.

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Both sides endured a barren extra time before heading for penalties where Tala’ea El Gaish missed thrice and Al Ahly failed to score two of the penalty kick.

Al Ahly who have now won the Egyptian Cup a record 37th time won the Egyptian Premier League and the CAF Champions League with Pitso Mosimane in the dugout.

Mosimane took helms of Al Ahly at the start of October after Rene Weiler navigated the “Club of the century” through the better part of the season.

It was Mosimane who lifted the league title which is Al Ahly’s 42nd in history before beating rivals Zamalek SC 2-1 in the CAF Champions League final played a week ago.

He became the third coach to win the CAF Champions League with two different clubs.

Before joining the Egyptian heavyweights, Mosimane successfully won a domestic treble in South Africa with Mamelodi Sundowns bringing his season tally to six trophies.

He won the Telkom Knockout Cup and the Nedbank Cup on top of clinching the PSL title at the expense of Kaizer Chiefs on the last day of the season.

The treble won by Mosimane is the third ever in the history of Al Ahly, the most decorated club on the African continent and the first since 2006.

Mosimane and his charges have a chance of winning more silverware in the CAF Super Cup when they take on CAF Confederation Cup winners RS Berkane in Morocco next month.

The Red Devils will also represent the African continent in the FIFA World Club Cup in Doha, Qatar early next year.

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