A press conference about the current state of football around the country was held at SAFA House on Friday, where it was confirmed that besides hoping to host the CL final, SAFA also aims to host the second edition of the CAF Women’s Championship final.
Last year’s Champions League final was held at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco, where Al Ahly beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-0.
Al Ahly have just touched down in South Africa in preparation for this weekend’s rematch against Mamelodi Sundowns
fAter narrowly beating Al-Merrikh 3-2 last weekend, Al Ahly now sit second in CAF Champions League Group A with four points. The Reds are three points behind Mamelodi Sundowns, who beat them 1-0 and are undefeated after three matches this season.
Al Ahly have a powerful squad that recently arrived in South Africa, but there are a trio of players battling with injury less than 48 hours from kick-off, according to the KingFut website.Right-back Mohamed Hany, midfielder Hamdi Fathi and right-winger Hussein El-Shahat are all suffering muscle strains and their participation in the match is in doubt.
Below you can watch what Pitso had to say upon the team’s arrival:
Coach @TheRealPitso on what it means to coach @AlAhlyEnglish
You have to imagine what is Al Ahly, it’s the biggest club in the continent. Name me one team in the continent that has 70 million people that are really looking at you everyday, every match pic.twitter.com/RdBe90JtIY
— Front Runner (@FrunSports) March 10, 2022
— Front Runner (@FrunSports) March 10, 2022
Egyptian giants Al Ahly arriving in South Africa on Wednesday Morning
— Front Runner (@FrunSports) March 10, 2022
Al Ahly’s full squad for Sundowns match:
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El-Shennawy, Ali Lotfy, Mostafa Shobeir.
Defenders: Rami Rabia, Yasser Ibrahim, Ayman Ashraf, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Mohamed Hany, Karim Fouad, Mahmoud Wahid, Ali Maaloul.
Midfielders: Aliou Dieng, Hamdi Fathi, Amr El-Sulya, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Ahmed Abdelkader, Mohamed Mahmoud, Taher Mohamed Taher, Hussein El-Shahat, Luis Miquissone, Percy Tau.
Strikers: Hossam Hassan and Mohamed Sherif
It’s sure to be an emotionally-charged match on Saturday, with Mosimane having been heckled, booed and sworn at when Al Ahly last clashed with his former team in South Africa the last time. Part of the disgraceful scenes also saw despicable and insulting posters held aloft as Mosimane and his team arrived in their team bus at the Lucas Moripe Stadium last May.
Here are some images below of Mosimane and Al Ahly arriving at the airport on Wednesday:
Sawubona
, South Africa
#AfricaYaAhly pic.twitter.com/bYjJHQF9NQ
— Al Ahly SC
(@AlAhlyEnglish) March 9, 2022