Porto 4-4 El Ahly Cairo: Two sides net three in 3min but both failed to advance

Game is over and the final score is Porto 4-4 El Ahly Cairo. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Wessam Abou Ali hit a hat-trick for Al Ahly FC against FC Porto in a breath-taking eight-goal thriller at MetLife Stadium, but it was not enough to extend either team’s FIFA Club World Cup 2025 adventure.

With Palmeiras hitting back for a dramatic 2-2 draw with Inter Miami CF in Group A’s other fixture, it was the sides in action at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium who progressed, leaving both Al Ahly and Porto to take an early flight home before the Round of 16.

Al Ahly grabbed the lead on 15 minutes as Porto gave the ball away cheaply, allowing Hamdy Fathy to advance towards the box then play in Abou Ali on the left who rolled the ball across goalkeeper Claudio Ramos and into the far corner via the post.

But the lead was short-lived as precocious teenage talent Rodrigo Mora danced his way through the heart of the Al Ahly defence before rounding Mohamed Elshenawy and rifling home.

The pendulum swung back in favour of the Egyptian giants just before the interval as Fabio Vieira bundled into the back of Zizo in the box, allowing Abou Ali to step up and drill the resulting penalty into the bottom left corner of the goal, sending Ramos the wrong way.

The end-to-end drama continued in the second half with William Gomes curling home a delightful right-foot strike from outside the box, only for Al Ahly to respond immediately with Abou Ali completing his hat-trick as he headed home.

Martin Anselmi’s men would not lie down, though, and were back on terms yet again in their next attack, with Samu Aghehowa rising highest in the box to power home from a corner.

Yet every time Porto fought back, Al Ahly found a way to take the lead again with the fourth goal, and the game’s seventh, yet another beauty as Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane left Ramos grasping at thin air as he found the top corner from range.

The pendulum swung back in favour of the Egyptian giants just before the interval as Fabio Vieira bundled into the back of Zizo in the box, allowing Abou Ali to step up and drill the resulting penalty into the bottom left corner of the goal, sending Ramos the wrong way.

The end-to-end drama continued in the second half with William Gomes curling home a delightful right-foot strike from outside the box, only for Al Ahly to respond immediately with Abou Ali completing his hat-trick as he headed home.

Martin Anselmi’s men would not lie down, though, and were back on terms yet again in their next attack, with Samu Aghehowa rising highest in the box to power home from a corner.

Yet every time Porto fought back, Al Ahly found a way to take the lead again with the fourth goal, and the game’s seventh, yet another beauty as Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane left Ramos grasping at thin air as he found the top corner from range.

Match Events

15' GOAL! Porto 0-1 El Ahly Cairo (Wessam Abou Ali)

23' GOAL! Porto 1-1 El Ahly Cairo (Rodrigo Mora)

46' Penalty Goal! Porto 1-2 El Ahly Cairo

50' GOAL! Porto 2-2 El Ahly Cairo (William Gomes)

51' GOAL! Porto 2-3 El Ahly Cairo (Wessam Abou Ali)

53' GOAL! Porto 3-3 El Ahly Cairo (Samu Aghehowa)

64' GOAL! Porto 3-4 El Ahly Cairo (Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane)

89' GOAL! Porto 4-4 El Ahly Cairo (Pepê)

Line-ups

Porto XI: Iván Marcano, Cláudio Ramos, Stephen Eustaquio, Zé Pedro, Danny Namaso, Francisco Moura, João Mário, Fábio Vieira, Alan Varela, Rodrigo Mora, William Gomes

Subs: Zaidu, Pepê, N. Perez, Gonçalo Borges, André Franco, Gabri Veiga, Otávio, Ángel Alarcón, Vasco Sousa, Martim Fernandes, Diogo Fernandes, André Oliveira, Samu Aghehowa, Deniz Gül, Tomás Pérez

El Ahly Cairo XI: Mohamed El Shenawy, Trezeguet, Zizo, Mohamed Hany, Hussein El Shahat, Hamdy Fathy, Ahmed Ramadan, Wessam Abou Ali, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Achraf Dari, Ahmed Kouka

Subs: Omar Kamal, Yasser Ibrahim, Taher Mohamed, Achraf Bencharki, Aliou Dieng, Afsha, Oufa Shobeir, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Khaled Abdelfattah, Nejc Gradisar, Karim El Debes, Mostafa El Aash, Mostafa Makhlouf, Mohamed Seha, Ahmed Reda