Hussein El Shahat, Mohamed Sherif and Percy Tau all scored as Egyptian aspect Al Ahly cruised to a 3-0 victory over Auckland City on the Club World Cup in Morocco on Wednesday to arrange a second spherical tie in opposition to Seattle Sounders.

Ahly, who’ve gained the bronze medal in the earlier two editions, dominated the competition on the Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier and now look ahead to a much more testing outing in opposition to Major League Soccer opposition on the identical venue on Saturday.

The Cairo membership needed to wait till first half injury-time for his or her opener in opposition to the Oceania champions, which got here when El Shahat lower inside from the left wing and unleashed a low drive from 30 yards that beat goalkeeper Conor Tracey.

It was 2-Zero on 56 minutes after Sherif beat the offside lure and slipped the ball previous Tracey to finish the sport as a contest with Auckland unable to muster a lot in phrases of an attacking risk.

South Africa worldwide Tau added a late third with a easy end following an excellent back-heel help by Kahraba.

The winner of the match between Ahly and Sounders will face Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

Home favourites and African champions Wydad Casablanca sort out Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal in their second spherical tie on Saturday. The victor in that fixture will meet Brazilian outfit Flamengo in the semi-finals.

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