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CAF notifies Mazembe of changing the date of the Al-Ahly match in the Champions League semi-finals


he Congolese club Mazembe announced that it had received an official letter from the Confederation of African Football

Wed 24 Apr 2024 | 04:44 PM
CAF notifies Mazembe of changing the date of the Al-Ahly match in the Champions League semi-finals
CAF notifies Mazembe of changing the date of the Al-Ahly match in the Champions League semi-finals
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The Congolese club Mazembe announced that it had received an official letter from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stating that the kick-off date for the Al-Ahly match scheduled to be held next Friday at Cairo Stadium, in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-finals, was postponed.

The Congolese club Mazembe announced that it had received an official letter from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stating that the kick-off date for the Al-Ahly match scheduled to be held next Friday at Cairo Stadium, in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-finals, was postponed.

Mazembe published a statement on its official website in which it said that CAF had notified the club in which it said that the start of the match had been delayed by 60 minutes as a result of the change in the clock in Egypt and the shift to summer time, and the match would start at exactly ten o’clock in the evening Cairo time instead of nine o’clock, provided that it would be nine o’clock local time. Lubumbashi and 8 Kinshasa time.

Al-Ahly is preparing to face Mazembe again next Friday evening at Cairo International Stadium in the second leg of the CAF Champions League semi-finals, noting that the first leg ended in a goalless draw between the two teams in Congo.

The winner of Al-Ahly's two matches against Congolese Mazembe qualifies to face the winner of the Tunisian Esperance matches against Mamelodi Sundowns, in the final of the African Champions League, noting that the first leg between Esperance and Sundowns ended with the Tunisian champions winning 1-0 in Rades.

Al-Ahly club received approval from the competent authorities to have 50,000 fans attend the Mazembe match to support the Red Giants in the fateful match.