Al-Ahly football club don carry serious wahala come referee Mahmoud Wafa after dem play draw with Ceramica Cleopatra for Egyptian Premier League match on Tuesday. The whole matter start for stoppage time when Al-Ahly players shout say Ceramica player use hand touch ball inside penalty area. Referee Wafa go check video technology, but e still say no be penalty. The decision make Al-Ahly players, coaching staff, and board member Sayed Abdel Hafiz vex well well, dem protest referee strong after final whistle blow.
For Champions League quarter-final first leg, Arsenal escape with 1-0 win against Sporting Lisbon for José Alvalade Stadium. Kai Havertz score the only goal for 90th minute, give Arsenal small advantage before return leg for Emirates Stadium on 15 April. The winner go face either Barcelona or Atlético Madrid for semi-final.
Sporting Lisbon show say dem no be small team from beginning. For 6th minute, Araujo shoot powerful ball wey hit crossbar. Arsenal too get their chance for 15th minute when Madueke corner kick hit crossbar. Arsenal control ball well for second half, Zubimendi even score for 64th minute but VAR cancel am because Gioceres dey offside. Everything change for stoppage time when Martinelli pass ball give Havertz, the German striker face Sporting goalkeeper one-on-one and score.
For Saudi Arabia, Al-Ahli Jeddah coach Matthias Jaissle don drop Brazilian star Matheus Gonçalves from match against Al-Fayha for Al-Majma’ah Sports City Stadium. Newspaper Al-Yaum report say Jaissle fear say Gonçalves fit collect yellow card for this match, which go make am miss important match against Al-Nassr. Al-Ahli dey third for Roshen League with 65 points, five points behind Al-Nassr and same points with Al-Hilal but goal difference dey differ.
After Al-Fayha match, Al-Ahli go face Al-Duhail for AFC Champions League round of 16 for Al-Inmaa Stadium. Then dem go return to league to play Al-Nassr on 28 April for title race wey dey hot.
For Bayern Munich and Real Madrid match, Bayern coach Vincent Kompany and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior share warm embrace for touchline before second half start. Bayern win the match 2-1 with Luis DÃaz score first for 41st minute, Harry Kane add second for first minute of second half, before Kylian Mbappé score one for Real Madrid for 74th minute.
Bayern star Michael Olise continue to show why dem dey call am “Mr. Assist.” For second half beginning, Olise collect ball for right wing, run enter penalty area edge, pass give Harry Kane wey shoot pass substitute goalkeeper Courtois. Opta statistics show say Olise get 25 assists for all competitions for top five leagues, more than Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United with 17 assists and Fermin Lopez of Barcelona with 16 assists.
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