Mouloudia Algiers faces the inevitability of victory over Sudanese Al Hilal – New Algeria

The Mouloudia Algiers team is called upon to pull out all the stops this evening, Friday, when it hosts the Sudanese club Al Hilal, for the fifth round of the group stage of the African Champions League football competition.

The Mouloudia team will face the inevitability of defeating the Sudanese representative, thus preserving its full chances of qualifying to the quarter-finals of the tournament African competition.

Mouloudia of Algeria, which achieved an important victory (2-0) in the previous round over the guest Saint-Ilois Lobobo of Congo, still has chances of seizing the ticket to reach the next round, since a single point separates it from the second-placed team, Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, two rounds before the end of the group stage.

Is that important Representative of Algeria It will not be easy when it collides with one of the strong teams that demonstrated good management of matches at home and abroad, and it concerns the leader of the third group, Al-Hilal of Sudan, who imposed a draw on Mamelodi (2-2) and then defeated them (2-1) in the return match. These results confirm that the Mouloudia Algiers team will face a difficult task, even if it will be at home, at the “Martyr Ali Ammar, called Ali Lapointe” stadium in Douira, Algiers, on Friday evening, starting at 20:00.

What is certain is that the Moulouya Algiers players are well aware of the importance of this confrontation and the necessity of achieving victory to maintain their chances of reaching the quarter-finals before the decisive confrontation against Mamelodi Sundowns in the sixth and final round.

In the other match in the third group, Mamelodi Sundowns, which is ranked second with five points, will seek to return with a positive result during its difficult journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to meet St. Iloa Lupopo (4 points), next Sunday. This is the match that the Algerian representative will follow with bated breath, hoping for a tie between the two teams in order to “pounce” on second place, awaiting the decisive match for the sixth and final round in South Africa.

Mouloudia shares the third row with Saint Lobobo with 4 points each, while Al Hilal leads the standings with a total of 8 points, followed by Mamelodi Sun Downs (5 points).