El Ahly was able to qualify for the rounds of 8 after drawing with Sudanese side El-Helal 1-1 in a chaotic match that had to be stopped for a large amount of time because of security reasons.
The Red Giants earned themselves a goal at the beginning of the second half through Magdy Afsha, but was later countered late into extra time through Abdel Razek Omar.
El Ahly succeeded in possessing the ball in the opening minutes of the match, relying on cross balls inside the penalty area, but without causing a serious threat to the Sudanese goalkeeper.
The Egyptian Champions tried to threaten Hilal in the 23rd minute after Marwan Mohsen received a ball and shot a powerful ball, but it passed over the Sudanese team's crossbar, losing the opportunity of a first goal.
El Ahly scored the first goal of the match after 48 minutes after a high cross from Al-Sulayyiyah to Hussein Al-Shahat, who crossed the ball to Mohammed Magdy"Afsha" who hit the far right corner of the goal.
The 74th-minute mass riots erupted by El Hilal fans who threw bottles towards the pitch and on the bench seats of El-Ahly, with one of them storming the field, but Sudanese security forces intervened to catch him and push him out.
The Sudanese security forces entered the field to surround the referees' teams and the players of the two teams in the mid-circle, in light of another fan storming the stadium to try to attack the referee, amid large protests from El Hilal players.
After a full 10 minutes passed, the security forces withdrew from the stadium to demand that the Moroccan referee, the players of both teams, resume the game after the Sudanese fans calm down.
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