Wrote:
Muhammad Hammam
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Thursday 6 February 2020
11:23 am
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The draw for the quarter-finals of the African Champions League, which was held on Wednesday evening, resulted in a revenge confrontation that will bring together Al-Ahly and the South African champions Sundowns.
Al-Ahly suffered a historic defeat last season with five goals without a response at the hands of the Sundowns, but the Red Team failed to respond after winning a goal without a response in Egypt.
South African newspapers highlighted Al-Ahly’s opportunity to take revenge and revenge on the Sundowns after the draw, and this is what we will review in the following report:
“Brazilians against the giant of Egypt”
The Soccer Laduma newspaper said that the Sundowns team will face a tough challenge against Al-Ahly in the quarter-finals of the first continental club championship.
The newspaper described Al-Ahly as “the giant of Egypt”, where the Sundowns, nicknamed “Brazilians”, will face the dream of continuing to write history after they became the first South African team to cross the group stage without losing.
“Follow in the footsteps of last season”
“Kick Off” newspaper said that the Sundowns are on a steady pace in the Champions League this season as the South African champion is the team that did not receive any loss in the championship besides the Congolese Mazembe in the current version.
The newspaper added that Sundowns hopes to repeat the achievement of last season by winning five and following in the footsteps of the previous version.
“An opportunity for revenge”
The “Citizens” newspaper commented on the Sundowns Draw against Al-Ahly, saying that the Egyptian champion has an opportunity to take revenge on the result of last season after the five-year loss without a response at the hands of the South African champion.
The newspaper dealt with the history of Al-Ahly and Sundowns matches, where it shed light on the final of the African Champions League, which resulted in the victory of the Egyptian champion in the 2001 edition, as well as the superiority of the red giant in the 2007 edition in the role of 16
“Al-Ahly’s Revenge”
For its part, “The Times” highlighted the draw for the quarter-finals between Al-Ahly and the Sundowns, where the newspaper indicated that the Egyptian champion has a chance to take revenge after losing last season (5-0) in the first leg.
The newspaper said that Sundown coach Betso Musimani would have to prepare a plan against Al-Ahly to continue the continental career.
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