Egypt's Al Ahly crowned 2014 CAF Confederation Cup champions

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Juan Carlos Garrido Al Ahly
Al Ahly manager, Juan Carlos Garrido holds the CAF Confederation Cup aloft

Cairo, December 7 Egypt's football team Al Ahly won the CAF Confederation Cup beating Ivory Coast's Sewe Sport by a solitary goal here on Saturday.

Al Ahly's Emad Meteb scored the only goal of the match at the last moment of the six-minute extra time in front of over 25,000 spectators at the Cairo International Stadium, Xinhua reported.

Sewe Sport had edged Al Ahly 2-1 in the first leg, but Al Ahly's 1-0 win at home gave it the annual championship, by virtue of the rule that a goal abroad is worth two.

With this last-gasp second-leg victory, Al Ahly became the first Egyptian club to hold the CAF Confederation Cup and the first worldwide, to clinch 20 continental championships.

In a statement conveyed by the presidential spokesman, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi congratulated Al Ahly and its fans on the continental triumph and praised its performance in the match that was attended by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab.

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