They practised penalties ahead of a potential shootout – though that may also have been a stunt for the media.
And they will be roared on by a vociferous home crowd with some 30‚000 tickets sold officially for the match at the 80‚000-seater the Borg El Arab Stadium.
It is the same venue where they lifted the Champions League trophy in 2016‚ despite a 1-0 loss to Zamalek ‚ and they will be familiar with both the stadium and the city‚ and should feel at home in the surroundings. A sideshow to Saturday’s meeting with Sundowns is the fact that they face a potentially season-defining league clash with Pyramids on Thursday next week.
Ahly’s desperation for goals should leave plenty of gaps for Sundowns to move into and they are among the best in the continent at exploiting those opportunities.
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