MADRID, 14 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
CF Pachuca eliminated Al Ahly on penalties this Saturday (6-5), after 0-0 in regulation time and extra time, and qualified for the final of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup. where they will face Real Madrid next Wednesday.
Thus, the Mexican team will seek the title against the meringues starting at 6:00 p.m. at the Lusail Stadium. But to get to that event, the Tuzos suffered until they beat Al Ahly who at Stadium 974 in Doha had everything in their face in that penalty shootout.
Two old acquaintances from the Spanish LaLiga, Salomón Rondón and Borja Bastón, missed Pachuca’s first two shots in the shootout. The Egyptian team went 1-3 up, after goal shots by Mohamed Afsha, Rami Rabia and Marwan Attia; but then the rival goalkeeper, Carlos Moreno, at mid-height stopped Mahmoud Kahraba’s fourth shot.
Nelson Deossa tied the score with a right foot that touched the goalkeeper and then Omar Kamal sent his shot wide in Al Ahly’s fifth turn. Finally, at 6-5 and already in the eighth round, Khaled Abdelfattah hit the crossbar with his shot and confirmed Pachuca as the winner of the Challenger Cup, as a unique semi-final in this Intercontinental.