Hilal manager Heron Ricardo hailed his players after their large victory over Egypt and African Champions, Ahli 3-0 on Sunday night in the CAF Champions League. "I knew it would be hard. We made a very intense preparation and I think we did just great," said the Portuguese tactician to daily Al-Mashahir. The Sudanese produced a beautiful display to outclass Ahli and climb to the top of the group with 9 points, just like Ahli but with a better head to head record. "Ahli were missing their dangerous striker Flavio but that didn't count for us because we were very careful during the 90 minutes."