Ahly's Ahmed Sayed and Tarek Said greet the final whistle with joy

Ahly of Egypt will play Tunisia's CS Sfaxien in the African Champions League final after beating Ivory Coast's Asec 3-2 on aggregate on Sunday.

The defending champions can count themselves a little fortunate to reach their second consecutive Champions League final after losing 2-1 in Abidjan.

The home side wasted a number of opportunities, with striker Vincent Die Foneye particularly profligate.

Astonishingly, he failed to hit the target once when presented with seven clear-cut chances.

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Yet Dider Ya Konan did know how to find the back of the net, scoring two second-half goals to overturn Ahly's opening strike after 39 minutes.

Angolan forward Flavio was the Egyptians' goalscorer, heading home a right-wing cross from Islam al-Shater to give Ahly a 3-0 aggregate lead.

The four-time African champions could have made their afternoon easier had not Mohamed Abou-Treika and Emad Moteab both spurned good opportunities.

Before a buoyant crowd of 35,000, Asec turned the match around in the second half, dominating the game as they went in search of the four goals needed to win the tie.

Konan brought the scores level on the day when heading home Alli N'Dri's cross after 58 minutes.

Sixteen minutes from time, Konan converted Foneye's cross to register his eighth goal of this Champions League campaign.

Yet Foneye's inaccurate finishing let Ahly off the hook and several Egyptian players were kissing the ground in celebration at the final whistle.

Ahly and CS Sfaxien know each other well, having met twice in the group stages of this year's tournament.

Honours are even after the Tunisians won 1-0 at home while Ahly gained their revenge with a 2-1 triumph in Cairo.