Lebanon's Ambassador Shines in Asian Football

The Al-Ahed team, the Lebanese football champion, has qualified for the final match of the AFC Cup after drawing 2-2 with their hosts, Al-Nahda of Oman, in the second leg (first half 0-0) this evening at the Sultan Qaboos Complex in the capital, Muscat. Al-Ahed had won the first leg 1-0 last week in Karbala, Iraq. The Omani team took the lead 1-0, but Scottish striker Lee Erwin equalized for Al-Ahed and then gave them the lead in the 82nd and 87th minutes, only for the Omanis to equalize in the 89th minute. Al-Ahed previously won the title in 2019. They will face the winner of the second semi-final match in East Asia between the Central Coast Mariners of Australia and Abdysh-Ata Kant of Kyrgyzstan in the final.