Sundowns win puts huge pressure on Al Ahly
Uruguayan coach Martin Lasarte is lambasted over the Cairo giant’s worst mauling in decades in Caf Champions League quarterfinal
Al Ahly’s five-goal thrashing at the hands of Mamelodi Sundowns was the biggest defeat in about 77 years for the Cairo giants and leaves coach Martin Lasarte’s job hanging by a thread. The fact the club lacks time to make a change as they have a league game on Wednesday before Saturday’s return leg of their Caf Champions League quarterfinal tie is the only thing that could save the Uruguayan coach‚ who has come in for a barrage of criticism since Saturday’s mauling in Atteridgeville. Among the critics is former Al Ahly defender Wael Gomaa‚ who collected more winners’ medals in his time with the club than any other player‚ and who called it “a shameful defeat for Ahly” and accused their players of performing like “amateurs”. The 5-0 loss was the heaviest Ahly has suffered in international competition and their worst since Zamalek beat them 6-0 in the 1942 Egyptian Cup final. Ahly lost 5-1 to Mexican club Monterrey in the Club World Cup in Marrakesh‚ Morocco, six years ago‚ when Gomaa...
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