IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
25 GAMES
The final match of the 60th edition of the African Champions League between Tunisian Al-Taraji (Esperance de Tunis) and its guest Al-Ahly Egypt ended yesterday evening on the result of a draw in a match bearing number 25 between Al-Taraji and Al-Ahly, as the most confrontation between two teams in African competitions.
It has hosted 23 matches for the Champions League, as the third largest encounter between two teams in the most glorious cups for all continents to date:
- Boca Juniors vs River Plate in 28 matches CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores
- Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in 28 Champions League matches
The draw yesterday was the fifth between the two teams without a goal, the first taking place in 34 years, in 1990 at the Manza stadium square for the Champions Cup final.
Al-Taraji draws 44th time without a goal in continental competitions, 15 times as host.
Al-Ahly support is (51 times) as most clubs are tied (0-0) in African Cups 37 times as guest.
Al-Taraji's failures in beating Egyptian clubs in May in the Continental Cups for the fifth match without scoring, since beating Arsenal in 1987 with a score (2-0) against the success of Al-Ahly against the Tunisian clubs in May in the Champions League for the fifth match without defeat in front of which only one goal since the victory against Benzrati in 2013 with (2-1).
Thus, Al-Ahly Club continues its unbeaten streak in the Champions League, reaching 21 matches (14 wins and 7 draws) since March 2023
The equation of the number of al-Tarji which was carried out between 2011 and 2012.
As Amanallah continued his haul of numbers while keeping his net clean for the ninth consecutive continental match and for the tenth match since the Champions League groups played in two unprecedented numbers for a goalkeeper in the competition.
And Aman Allah increased his credit in the first ranking of the Clean Sheets in the current edition of the Champions League recorded a number which is the highest in a single season of the competition since its events in 1997: 11 matches with a clean sheet
Surpassing the Egyptian number Issam Al-Hadri, which he achieved 19 years ago with the Al-Ahly club in the 2005 edition, matched by other goalkeepers.
Mamish had the longest streak of consecutive minutes without conceding a goal by a goalkeeper in one version: 822 minutes.
All these figures were achieved by the Al-Taraji goalkeeper at the age of 20 (he celebrated his birthday on April 20).