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The Al-Ahly team kicks off the campaign to defend the African Champions League title when they meet the Niger champion team Sunideb at 4pm today, Wednesday, at the General “Seni Konchevi” Stadium in Niamey, capital of Niger. Al-Ahly on November 27 by beating Zamalek with two goals to one goal, and Al-Ahly enters today’s match without many of his players getting injured, as the trio lose Muhammad Magdi Qafsha, Amr Al- Sulayyah and Rami Rabia for contracting the Corona virus, in addition to the injury of Walid Suleiman and Marwan Mohsen in the Al-Husse procedure on the knee. Surgery days ago, for surgery on the “toe”, Junior Ajay also fails due to injury to the lateral tendon, in addition to the absence of Nasser Maher due to dislocation of the shoulder during the compensation game in the first round of the Premier League, and South Africa, Pitso Musimani, the team’s coach, was also banned from Corona virus infection.
Al-Ahly traveled to Niger with a list of 21 players: Mohamed El Shennawy, Ali Lotfi, Mustafa Schubert, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, Mahmoud Waheed, Yasser Ibrahim, Mahmoud Kahraba, Hamdi Fathy, Mohamed Sharif, Ayman Ashraf, Badr Banoun, Ali Diang , Maramal Tahman Mohanq, Hany, Taher Muhammad Taher, Muhammad Shukry, and Saad Samir.
Kevin Johnson, the team’s interim coach, was eager to speak extensively with his players about today’s match and asked them to focus on the game from the start of the match and not underestimate the opponent, stating that he is new to African football. . Musimani also spoke to Al-Ahly players via “video conferencing” technology over the past few days, asking them to push themselves and play with enthusiasm. And insistence as if the match were in advanced rounds and against the senior team, looking for a strong start in the journey of the crowning of the tenth African star in the club’s history.
Al-Ahly has more than one player in today’s game despite the many absences that hit the team, and comes to the forefront of the keys to Al-Ahly’s game, both Ali Maaloul, Mohamed Sharif, Salah Mohsen , Aliou Diang, Hamdi Fathi, the Moroccan Badr Bannon, Ayman Ashraf and the brilliant goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy.
On the other hand, the Nigerian champion seeks to achieve a good result against the defending champion despite the difficulty of the task, and Ojba Mohamed Bashar, coach of the Sunideb team, dreams of shining against Al-Ahly taking advantage of the ground factor in his favor , and Ojba spoke about today’s match saying: “I know the great story of Al-Ahly, so facing him will be a catalyst. We have to offer our best, and he continued: “Al-Ahly is the champion of Africa, so the match will be difficult in all aspects.”“ And he continued, “But we will play without fear and we will try to qualify
Sunideb qualified for matchday 32 of the CAF Champions League after beating Mogadishu of Somalia, where Sonidep beat Mogadishu, home and away, with four unanswered goals on aggregate.
