Gallery: Pirates falter in Cairo

Al Ahly supporters - many without match tickets - stormed the streets around the Arab Contractors Stadium and clashed with police ahead of their side's match against Orlando Pirates. Police used tear gas to disperse the fans. Picture: AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish

Al Ahly supporters - many without match tickets - stormed the streets around the Arab Contractors Stadium and clashed with police ahead of their side's match against Orlando Pirates. Police used tear gas to disperse the fans. Picture: AP Photo/Mostafa Darwish

Inside the stadium, about 40 000 fans filed in to support Al Ahly while security forces kept a watchful eye. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Not only the seats were packed. Many fans climbed to the top of the scoreboard to watch their beloved Al Ahly beat Orlando Pirates at the Arab Constructors Stadium. Picture: AP Photo/Osama Abdel Naby

Al-Ahly fans climbed fences and waved their side's flag as they waited for the match against Orlando Pirates to start. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Some Al-Ahly fans gathered way before sunset and were well-placed to watch their side beat Orlando Pirates at the Arab Constructors Stadium in Cairo. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Egyptian riot police were out in full force to control the large crowd that came out to support Al Ahly at the Arab Constructors Stadium in Cairo. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Al-Ahly fans came out in the numbers to support their team against Orlando Pirates. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Al-Ahly's defender Sherif Abdel-Fadil (on the ground) goes in for a tackle on Orlando Pirates' Tlou Segolela. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

The game was marred by the presence of green lasers which the crowd shone into the faces of the players, but here Al-Ahly's Abdallah El-Said (centre) and Thabo Matlaba seem unperturbed. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Tlou Segolela (right) of Orlando Pirates wastes a chance in front of goal as Al Ahly 'keeper Sherif Ekramy comes out for save. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Egypt's Ahmed Fathi (right) of Al Ahly evades a tackle from Orlando Pirates' Collins Mbesuma. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Al Ahly's Wael Goma goes up against Tlou Segolela, with a green laser shining in his eyes. Picture: AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki

Orlando Pirates' Oupa Manyisa (right) tries to break free from the Al Ahly defence. Picture: AFP Photo/Gianluigi Guercia/Gallo Images

Meanwhile, in Soweto, Orlando Pirates fans struggled to stay motivated as Al Ahly held firm in Cairo. Picture: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Frustrated Orlando Pirates fans watched the match on a big screen in Soweto. Picture: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

It was not to be for Orlando Pirates and their fans. Picture: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko