Match info
Live: Zamalek vs Berekum Chelsea | CAF Champions League
Time Date: 1 Sep 2012 – 20:00 (EET CAIRO/EGYPT Time) 2PM ET CANADA/USA
Live: on www.NileSports.tv
MATCH TALK:
Zamalek assistant coach Ismail Youssef
“We have asked the players to do their best to win even though the game is of no importance for us.”
Chelsea coach Hans van der Pluijm
“It’s going to be a very tough game because we face a great team in its backyard. The mission is difficult especially for us because we go through this game looking for the only victory to keep our semifinal qualification dreams alive.
“Zamalek will go through the game without as much pressure on their players as will be on ours. We have more pressure on our shoulders because we must win to stay in the hunt for qualification.”
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TEAM NEWS
Zamalek is facing a severe scarcity in attack as the unsettled Razak Omotoyossi has been absent from training and was omitted while Ahmed Gaafar is suspended.
This leaves manager Jorvan Vieira with Burkinabe Abdoulaye Cisse as the only fit and recognized forward in possession.
Key midfielder Nour Al-Sayed is still out injured but unsettled full-back Mohamed Abdul-Shafi is available again after missing the previous two games.
Chelsea could reinstall international keeper Ernest Sowah in goal after he was dropped to the bench in the previous draw with Ahli.
Egyptian football fans will finally breathe a sigh of relief on Saturday when they return to the stands for the first time since Port Said’s deadly riots as Zamalek host Ghana’s Berekum Chelsea in the African Champions League.
Up to 3,000 supporters will attend the match at Cairo’s Military Academy Stadium after the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) decided to gradually lift a crowd ban enforced since the February tragedy which left more than 70 dead and hundreds injured.
Live: Zamalek vs Berekum Chelsea | CAF Champions League
Time Date: 1 Sep 2012 – 20:00 (EET CAIRO/EGYPT Time) 2PM ET CANADA/USA
Live: on www.NileSports.tv
