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Porto and Al Ahly are eliminated from Club World Cup after a 4-4 draw

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Porto and Al Ahly are eliminated from Club World Cup after a 4-4 draw
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Porto and Al Ahly are eliminated from Club World Cup after a 4-4 draw

2025-06-24 12:34 Last Updated At:12:40

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Pepê's goal in the 89th minute gave Porto a 4-4 tie against Al Ahly in a back-and-forth match Monday night, before both teams were eliminated from the Club World Cup on goal differential.

Rodrigo Mora, William Gomes and Samu Aghehowa also scored for the Portuguese team. Wessam Abou Ali had a hat trick for the Egyptian team in front of a crowd of 39,893 at MetLife Stadium, where a sea of red jerseys dominated the stands.

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Porto's Samu Aghehowa and Al Ahly's Achraf Dari go after the ball during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Porto's Samu Aghehowa and Al Ahly's Achraf Dari go after the ball during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Al Ahly's Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, centre, gestures to supporters after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, centre, gestures to supporters after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Achraf Dari is tackled by Porto's Pepe, left, during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Achraf Dari is tackled by Porto's Pepe, left, during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Porto's Gonçalo Borges reacts after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Porto's Gonçalo Borges reacts after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Both teams pushed for a late goal before the final whistle but neither could score again to finish above Inter Miami after its 2-2 draw with Palmeiras.

Mohamed Seha saved Mora’s 95th-minute shot from the left side of the box. Al Ahly had a strong counterattack all evening and nearly stole a late lead after Mohamed Hany sent a right-footed shot from outside the box but missed to the left in the 96th minute.

Porto held an advantage in possession with 56.5% but Al Ahly created more opportunities with a 22-14 advantage on shots.

A penalty just minutes into extra time kept Al Ahly in the lead going into halftime. Porto gained momentum after Gomes sent a right-footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

Wessam consolidated his hat trick with a header that sent the ball into the center of the box.

Pepê converted the tying goal with his right foot from outside the box into the bottom left corner.

Both teams finished 0-2-1 in the tournament.

“We did not come to not classify, we wanted to classify. There were a lot of factors that we need to analyze of what this Club World Cup was.” — Porto coach Martín Anselmi

“When you score four goals in a game like this one, you should go away with the victory.” — Al Ahly coach Jose Riveiro

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Porto's Samu Aghehowa and Al Ahly's Achraf Dari go after the ball during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Porto's Samu Aghehowa and Al Ahly's Achraf Dari go after the ball during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Al Ahly's Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, centre, gestures to supporters after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, centre, gestures to supporters after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Achraf Dari is tackled by Porto's Pepe, left, during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Al Ahly's Achraf Dari is tackled by Porto's Pepe, left, during the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Porto's Gonçalo Borges reacts after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Porto's Gonçalo Borges reacts after the Club World Cup Group A soccer match between FC Porto and Al Ahly in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94.

Nicknamed “Mr. Goalie,” Hall worked to stop pucks at a time when players at his position were bare-faced, before masks of any kind became commonplace. He did it as well as just about anyone of his generation, which stretched from the days of the Original Six into the expansion era.

A spokesperson for the Chicago Blackhawks confirmed the team received word of Hall’s death from his family. A league historian in touch with Hall’s son, Pat, said Hall died at a hospital in Stony Plain, Alberta, on Wednesday.

A pioneer of the butterfly style of goaltending of dropping to his knees, Hall backstopped Chicago to the Stanley Cup in 1961. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs in 1968 with St. Louis when the Blues reached the final before losing to Montreal. He was the second of just six Conn Smythe winners from a team that did not hoist the Cup.

His run of more than 500 games in net is one of the most untouchable records in sports, given how the position has changed in the decades since. Second in history is Alec Connell with 257 from 1924-30.

“Glenn was sturdy, dependable and a spectacular talent in net,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said. “That record, set from 1955-56 to 1962-63, still stands, probably always will, and is almost unfathomable — especially when you consider he did it all without a mask.”

Counting the postseason, Hall started 552 games in a row.

Hall won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1956 when playing for the Detroit Red Wings. After two seasons, he was sent to the Black Hawks along with legendary forward Ted Lindsay.

Hall earned two of his three Vezina Trophy honors as the league's top goalie with Chicago, in 1963 and '67. The Blues took him in the expansion draft when the NHL doubled from six teams to 12, and he helped them reach the final in each of their first three years of existence, while winning the Vezina again at age 37.

Hall was in net when Boston's Bobby Orr scored in overtime to win the Cup for the Bruins in 1970, a goal that's among the most famous in hockey history because of the flying through the air celebration that followed. He played one more season with St. Louis before retiring in 1971.

“His influence extended far beyond the crease," Blues chairman Tom Stillman said. “From the very beginning, he brought credibility, excellence, and heart to a new team and a new NHL market.”

A native of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Hall was a seven-time first-team NHL All-Star who had 407 wins and 84 shutouts in 906 regular-season games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975, and his No. 1 was retired by Chicago in 1988.

Hall was chosen as one of the top 100 players in the league's first 100 years.

Blackhawks chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz called Hall an innovator and “one of the greatest and most influential goaltenders in the history of our sport and a cornerstone of our franchise.”

“We are grateful for his extraordinary contributions to hockey and to our club, and we will honor his memory today and always,” Wirtz said.

The Blackhawks paid tribute to Hall and former coach and general manager Bob Pulford with a moment of silence before Wednesday night’s game against St. Louis. Pulford died Monday.

A Hall highlight video was shown on the center-ice videoboard. The lights were turned off for the moment of silence, except for a spotlight on the No. 1 banner for Hall that hangs in the rafters at the United Center.

Fellow Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur, the league's leader in wins with 691 and games played with 1,266, posted a photo of the last time he saw Hall along with a remembrance of him.

“Glenn Hall was a legend, and I was a big fan of his,” Brodeur said on social media. “He set the standard for every goaltender who followed. His toughness and consistency defined what it meant to play.”

AP Sports Writer Jay Cohen in Chicago contributed to this report.

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FILE - Glenn Hall, second from left, stands with fellow former Chicago Blackhawks players Stan Mikita, former general manager Tommy Ivan, Bobby Hull, Bill Wirtz and Tony Esposito during a pre-game ceremony at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Ill., April 14, 1994. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

FILE - Glenn Hall, second from left, stands with fellow former Chicago Blackhawks players Stan Mikita, former general manager Tommy Ivan, Bobby Hull, Bill Wirtz and Tony Esposito during a pre-game ceremony at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Ill., April 14, 1994. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)

FILE - St. Louis Blues goalie Glenn Hall, top right, is pinned to his net waiting to make a save on a Montreal Canadians shot as Blues' Noel Picard (4) tries to block the puck while Canadiens' John Ferguson (22) and Ralph Backstorm wait for a rebound in the third period of their NHL hockey Stanley Cup game, May 5, 1968. (AP Photo/Fred Waters, File)

FILE - St. Louis Blues goalie Glenn Hall, top right, is pinned to his net waiting to make a save on a Montreal Canadians shot as Blues' Noel Picard (4) tries to block the puck while Canadiens' John Ferguson (22) and Ralph Backstorm wait for a rebound in the third period of their NHL hockey Stanley Cup game, May 5, 1968. (AP Photo/Fred Waters, File)

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