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Ahly's midfielder Akram Tawfik (L) vies for the ball with Raja's forward Mahmoud Benhalib during the CAF Super Cup football match between Egypt's Al-Ahly and Morocco's Raja Club Athletic (Raja Casablanca) at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan on December 22, 2021.

Ahly's midfielder Akram Tawfik (L) vies for the ball with Raja's forward Mahmoud Benhalib during the CAF Super Cup football match between Egypt's Al-Ahly and Morocco's Raja Club Athletic (Raja Casablanca) at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan on December 22, 2021.

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