The Red Devils, along with the Egyptian Football Association, managed
to get an approval from the security authorities in Alexandria as the
Ministry of Interior refused to secure the Champions League match in
Cairo – especially after what happened in Al Ahly’s last match in Cairo - which caused a major dilemma for the team.
El-Gouna’s stadium was also mentioned as an option for the match,
however, the technical staff and players of the team expressed their
dissatisfaction with the choice of this stadium and opposed it, which
made Al Ahly’s administration exert maximum effort to make security
officials in Alexandria approve to secure the match without any fans.
On the other side, Young Africans S.C. informed Al Ahly’s officials
that they want to stick to Cairo Stadium and disagreed to play the match
outside of Cairo: “The place and time of the match were sent 10 days
earlier and Young Africans stick to this letter,” said Idress Gomaa,
Tanzania’s Counsel in Cairo after a visit that took place in the club.
It is reported that Sayed Abdel-Hafiz is currently on negotiations
with the Tanzanian side to persuade them to play the match in
Alexandria.
Al Ahly lost in the first leg of the round of 32 clash that took place in Dar El Salam last Sunday 1-0.
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