Al-Ahly players: The match is difficult and our goal is to preserve the title
About 30 hours from now, Al-Ahly’s first team players will play their important and anticipated match against Esperance of Tunisia in the CAF Champions League final in Tunisia, under the leadership of Swiss coach Marcel Kohler.
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Mohamed El-Shenawy, Al-Ahly’s goalkeeper and captain, confirmed that the team’s players have great determination to achieve a positive result by winning against the two teams in Tunisia in the first leg.
El-Shenawy said: “We do not think about previous matches, nor do we recognize a historical advantage over the competitor. We only think about the next match and strive to win it. Esperance’s fans are as large as Al-Ahly’s fans, and we respect them very much, but we hope to make our fans happy in the final.” ;.
For his part, Rami Rabia confirmed: “The team is playing the first match on its home field and we are making a good account of all of that, and we hope to make our fans happy and win the match”
Rabia added: “I hope that the two teams will play a strong match without any fanaticism, stressing that the confrontation technically will be strong on the part of the two teams, and Al-Ahly greatly respects Esperance, and we are well aware of the extent of its strength.”
>While Hussein El-Shahat, the Al-Ahly striker, said that Al-Ahly and Esperance de Tunis are two big teams, each of them has an extensive history in the African Champions League, and that it will be a special kind of confrontation in the final.
El-Shahat added: &ldquo Al-Ahly has all the respect and appreciation for its Tunisian counterpart, Esperance, but the team always plays only for the sake of victory, and prepares itself well for the match that will bring together the two teams at the Olympic Stadium in Brades.
While Mohamed Hani, defender, said: Al-Ahly: “The Esperance team is a big team and has distinguished elements, and it succeeded in reaching the final of the tournament thanks to these data, which confirms the difficulty of the confrontation between the two teams.”
Hani added: “The players are accustomed to To face public pressure during Al-Ahly matches in various tournaments, which confirms everyone’s readiness to play in Rades in front of Esperance fans.
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