Zamalek beat APR 1-0

Zamalek beat APR 1-0 in the second leg of the CAF Champions League second preliminary round, with Ahmed Sherif scoring in the first minute to send them into the group stage 2-0 on aggregate.

The only goal came almost straight from kick-off. Odai Dabbagh passed to Omar Gaber, whose cross found Sherif, and his low shot went between the APR goalkeeper's legs. Sherif nearly added a second in the 28th minute, but the goalkeeper saved his low effort.

Gaber was just as important at the other end. In the last minute of the first half, he stopped APR from scoring a goal that looked certain, and Zamalek kept their lead into the break.

Zamalek made two changes in the 71st minute, bringing on Adam Kaid and Hossam Ashraf for Abdallah El Said and Dabbagh. APR came closest to an equaliser in the 76th minute, when their free kick struck the crossbar, and Ashraf put a chance wide of the post in the 82nd minute. Mostafa El Zenary replaced Ahmed Abdel Rahim 'Isho' in the 87th minute, and Zamalek controlled the rest of the match.

The win followed a 1-0 victory in the first leg in Kigali, and it gives Zamalek a place in the CAF Champions League group stage.