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Egyptian giants Al Ahly have lost the third-placed playoff at the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in three years after missing a penalty and picking up a red card against Flamengo.
Al Ahly reached the third-place match for a third successive edition but unlike under Pitso Mosimane in 2020 and 2021, they failed to pick up a medal.
South African winger returned to Marcel Koller’s starting XI and featured the whole 90 minutes, as Flamengo won 3-2.
Gabriel Barbosa opened the scoring from the penalty spot for the Copa Libertadores giants after 11 minutes, while Ahmed Abdelkader equalised in the 38th minute.
Al Maaloul missed a penalty in the 58th minute but Al Ahly were in front just two minutes later thanks to Abdelkader completing his brace.
However, Al Ahly suffered another blow when Khaled Abdelfattah picked up a red card after VAR review in the 69th minute.
Goals by Pedro and Barbosa in the 77th and 84th turned the game on it’s head, before Pedro even made it 4-2 in the 91st minute.
It was only Al Ahly’s second defeat under Koller, with the first coming in the semi-final against Real Madrid.