Egypt: John Antwi Suffers Injury In Ahly Stalemate

Ghanaian forward, John Antwi, injured his hamstring in Ahly’s stalemate with Wydad AC in the CAF Champions League.

The Egypt-based forward left the pitch after 30 minutes due to the hamstring and was replaced by Solia in the 0-0 thriller.

The Ghanaian scored the crucial goal which earned Ahly a place in the last eight, but the latest  injury might ruin his continental campaign if the scan results imply a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

Ahly wrapped up their ninth domestic Championship in the last ten years and looks set to make a case in the ongoing CAF Champions League.

Egypt: John Antwi Suffers Injury In Ahly Stalemate

John Antwi Wins Egyptian Premier League With Ahly

Ghanaian forward John Antwi has landed himself the Egyptian top-flight winners medal with Al Ahly ahead of the final round of matches.

Ahly leads the log with 68 points, five clear of second place Zamalek with one game in hand over the chasing pack.

Zamalek dropped crucial points in their bid to force a photo finish in their final two laps of the domestic championship to end their hot chase on the leaders.

John Antwi and his Ahly colleagues will be crowned champions on May 13 when they host fifth place El Masry in the final match day of the season which will serve as a coronation match for the North African giants.

The Al Ahly centre forward has been sparingly used this season since his arrival from Al Shabab but a strong performance in the CAF Champions League qualifiers forced him back into first team action.

The Ghanaian import enjoyed a hugely successful tenure in the Egyptian League before leaving for Al Shabab at the start of the 2014/15 season.

A return of 19 goals in 35 appearances however convinced Ahly to enroll him into their roaster for the current campaign.

John Antwi Wins Egyptian Premier League With Ahly

CAF CC: John Antwi Strikes To Send Ahly Through

Egypt based Ghanaian forward John Antwi came off the bench to book a place for Al Ahly in the last eight stages of the CAF Champions league with a late strike.

 

The 23 year old embattled forward confirmed the Reds progress into the final hurdle with a composed finish to end any slim hopes of their visitors Recreutivo do Libolo.

Dutch trainer Martin Jol forced a 0-0 stalemate in Angola with their dethroned visitors before a nervy 2-0 home win maintained their hopes of returning to continental dominance.

Egyptian sensation Ramadan Sobhy shot Jol’s men into a 10 minute lead after an explosive start to the second leg which threatened to end in a heavy defeat for the Angolan side.

Recreutivo however regrouped and came inches to drawing parity right on the stroke of half time when Senegalese forward bent a goal bound deadball only to be denied by Ahlys custodian Ahmed Ardel.

Antwi, with one league goal to his name all season, was introduced midway through the second department to provide pace upfront and he executed that with a plumb, finished off the Angolan side with his first continental strike of the season.

The normadic forward however look set to cut short his ties with Martin Jols men in three months time with concrete interest from a number of serie B sides in Italy.

Ahly have been rewarded with a mouth watering tie against Tanzania side Young Africans for a place in the gruop stages.

CAF CC: John Antwi Strikes To Send Ahly Through