Nobody sleeps: Africa awaits the great show of Al-Ahly and Zamalek

Zamalek and Al-Ahly will meet in the final of the African Champions League, at 9pm on Friday night, at the Cairo Stadium, in an Egyptian final for the first time in history.

And the curtain falls on the 2019-2020 Champions League, after a long season, which was stopped by the Corona virus outbreak, during the period from March to October, before Zamalek surpassed its competitor Raja, the champion of the Moroccan league, with a score of 4-1 in the aggregate of the two games, while Al-Ahly overthrew the Moroccan Wydad with a score of 5. -1 in total.

The final game will be postponed as it was scheduled for November 6, and the night of the game may not get the dream of the crowd dreaming of their team winning the most expensive title of the season.

Reach the final

Zamalek qualified for the final match after occupying the first group title behind Congolese Mazembe with two wins, three draws and one loss against Congolese Mazembe, before beating Esperance of Tunisia by three to one goal, losing a goal and then overcome the obstacle of hope in the semifinal.

Al-Ahly qualified for the final match after taking second place in their second group behind Etoile Sahel with 3 wins, two draws and one loss to Etoile Sahel, in a dramatic qualification after the dramatic draw against Al-Hilal of Sudan in the last round, then won against the Sundowns with two goals in Cairo and a 1-1 draw in South Africa. Before overcoming Wydad’s hurdle in the semifinals.

The absences of the two teams

The two teams suffer a large number of absences after analyzing the detection of the Corona virus, so Zamalek lost the trio Abdullah Jumah, Youssef Obama and Mahmoud Hamdi Al-Wensh, in addition to Muhammad Abdel Shafi, who was absent since last August after suffering a clavicle fracture in the last summit match, while Al-Ahly lost the trio, Aliu Diang Walid Suleiman and Saleh Jumaa, as well as Mahmoud Metwally, who was absent due to a torn cruciate ligament.

The ninth against the sixth

Al-Ahly seeks to hug the African princess for the ninth time in history, after winning her years 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, while Zamalek seeks his sixth championship 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002.

Lost 3 finals

The two Egyptian soccer posts lost 3 finals during the previous four editions of the Champions League. Zamalek lost the 2016 final to the Sundowns of South Africa 3-1 on aggregate, while Al-Ahly lost the 2017 titles to Moroccan Wydad 2-1, and 2018 to Esperance of Tunisia 4-3 in the global. The two games.

Al-Ahly does not lose from Africa

The last African showdown between the two poles dates back to 2005, when Al-Ahly won 2-1 back and forth in the semi-finals, while the two African poles met 6 times in the group stage in 2008, 2012 and 2013, Al-Ahly won 3 matches and the tie dominated 3 games.

Refree

The match will be led by Algerian referee Mostafa Ghorbal, with Gianni Sikazoy as fourth official and Moroccan Radwan Jaid assuming the role of video assistant referee.

Expected training

Zamalek is expected to start with the following formation: Goalkeeper: Muhammad Abu Jabal – Defender: Ahmed Eid, Mahmoud Alaa, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani and Islam Jaber – Al-Wasat: Tariq Hamed, Ferjani Sassi and Ahmed Sayed Zizou, Attack: Shikabala , Ashraf Bensharqi and Mustafa Muhammad.

While Al-Ahly begins with the following formation: Goalkeeper: Muhammad Al-Shennawi – Defense: Muhammad Hani, Yasser Ibrahim, Ayman Ashraf and Ali Maaloul – Center: Amr Al-Soliya and Hamdi Fathi – In the middle of the attack: Hussein Al- Shahat, Muhammad Majdi Afsha and Junior Ajwanayi – Attack: Improver.

Match card:

Event: CAF Champions League Final

Date: November 27, 2020

Hours: 09:00 PM

Venue: Cairo International Stadium

Carrier channels: Terrestrial Time Sport, beIN sports