Press reports revealed that Nadi Esperance Tunis He announced the readiness of Mohamed Amin Ben Hamida, the team’s left back, after participating in the last training session normally in preparation for the confrontation Alahli football club At eight in the evening today, Saturday, at Cairo International Stadium in the second leg of the CAF Champions League final.
Al-Ahly will host its Tunisian counterpart, Esperance, on the quest to win the 12th African star in its history, and the second in a row, with Marcel Kohler, the Swiss coach.
The Tunisian newspaper Foot24 said: Please Ben Hamida’s efforts were restored after he suffered an injury during the first leg, which ended in a goalless draw between the two teams.
Al-Ahly has no alternative but to score against Esperance and achieve victory with any result to ensure the crowning of the second title in a row and the 12th in its history.
The task will not be easy for the defending champion, especially since Esperance has only conceded one goal in the tournament so far, when they lost to Al Hilal of Sudan 1-3.
On the other hand, Esperance enters the upcoming match with two options, unlike Al-Ahly: The first is to win by any result, and the second is a positive draw of 1-1 or more. In the latter case, the coronation will be guaranteed, benefiting from the legal goal rule.
However, if the original time of the match ends in a goalless draw, penalty kicks will be resorted directly without additional periods, according to what is stipulated in the Confederation of African Football’s regulations for the tournament.
Al-Ahly and Esperance previously met in the Champions League final in two previous editions, in 2012 and 2018.
The first confrontation was in 2012, and Al-Ahly won the title after a 1-1 draw at Burj Al Arab Stadium in Alexandria and a victory in Rades with a score of 2-1. The second confrontation came in the final of the 2018 edition, and Al-Ahly won at Burj Al Arab Stadium in Alexandria with a score of 3-1, and lost in Rades with a score of 0- 3.