African champions begin their “tenth” campaign with an easy challenge against Sunideb

Al-Ahly, champion of the African Champions League, will start the campaign to defend his title in the new edition of the 2020/2021 tournament with an easy confrontation against Sonideb, champion of Niger, by opening his matches in the most expensive continental tournament in the world. African continent.

Al-Ahly will face Sonideb this afternoon, Wednesday, at four in the afternoon, Cairo local time, at the General Cine Kunchi Stadium in the capital, Niamey, in the first leg of the 32nd matchday of the League of African Champions.

Sunideep had beaten the Somali team from Mogadishu in the preliminary round of the tournament with an aggregate score of 2-0, as the Nigerian champions won the first leg at home with a clean double, before drawing in the second leg.

The inexperienced champion from Niger is competing in the CAF Champions League for the third time in its history, the third in a row after contesting the 2019 and 2020 editions, but was dismissed early from the competition both times in the preliminary round.

As for the African champion, he hopes to take advantage of his positive local start and transform it on a continental level, achieving a good result outside his stadium, which will facilitate his mission before the second leg in Egypt, which is scheduled to take place on the 5th and 6th. from January.

The league title holder won the full record in the first two matches of the Egyptian Premier League this season, defeating Egyptian teams Al-Maqsas (3-1) and Ghazl El Mahalla (3-0) in their two matches. at the “Al-Ahly we Peace” stadium.

Al-Ahly suffers numerous absences, as Amr Al-Soulia, Mohamed Magdi Afsha and Rami Rabia did not leave the team’s mission in Niger due to the positive medical smear the trio underwent and confirmed their infection with the Coronavirus.

Al-Sulaya, Afsha and Rabia were added to the absentee list for the match against the Nigerian champion, which includes Nigerian Junior Ajay, Nasser Maher, Marwan Mohsen and Walid Suleiman due to injury, and Hussein Al-Shahat due to suspension.

South African coach Pitso Musimane, coach of Al-Ahly, will also be absent from the team in Niger, continuing his absence from the team for the second consecutive game and his assistant Kevin Johnson continues to lead the coaching staff.

Musimani contacted the auxiliary apparatus and Kevin Johnson to launch the team’s latest training program in Niger, and the formation that will play against Sonideep.

Al-Ahly’s list consisted of: Muhammad Al-Shennawi, Ali Lotfi, Mustafa Schubert, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, Mahmoud Wahid, Yasser Ibrahim, Mahmoud Kahraba, Hamdi Fathy, Muhammad Sharif, Ayman Ashraf, Badr Bannon, Ali Diang, Salah Mohsen, Ali Maalasser and Tahmah Shámmad, Muhammad Akim, Muhammad Al-Shámmad Saad Samir.

Al-Ahly won the title of the last edition of the African Champions League last November, after beating Zamalek by score (2-1) in the end of the century, which was played at Burj Al’s Army Stadium Arab of Alexandria.

The African champion and holder of the record in the number of times of the championship with nine titles seeks to achieve a good result at the start of the new edition of the African Champions League, after snatching the title in the last version to recover the cup, which He has been absent from their coffers for seven years.

It should be noted that Al-Ahly’s mission returns to Cairo at dawn on Thursday after the end of the Sonideb confrontation, so the Red Genie prepares for the summit match against Zamalek next Monday in the fourth round of the Egyptian Premier League in the summit match that hosts the Burj Al Arab stadium in Alexandria.

Match card:

The two teams: Sunideb and Al-Ahly.

Hours: Four in the afternoon local time in Cairo.

The event: first leg of the 32nd CAF Champions League.

The stadium: General Seni Kunchi.

The carrier channel: Al-Ahly channel.