Egyptian giants Al-Ahly finished preparations in readiness for their clash against Moroccan counterparts Raja Casablanca on Wednesday at 7:00pm Cairo Local Time.
Al-Ahly’s players during a meeting with Coach Pitso Mosimane and was then followed by several fitness drills, while our goalkeepers carried out specific training routines.
Defender Ayman Ashraf rejoined the team’s full training as he fully recovered from his knee injury and is now ready to participate in the game.
Right-back player Akram Tawfik had a physiotherapy session after he felt pain in his quadriceps muscle. Akram will undergo several medical tests to evaluate his condition before rejoining the team’s squad for the game.
Al-Ahly holds the record for the greatest number of CAF Super Cup titles, having won seven times out of the nine finals they have played, the last of which was the latest edition last May, beating RS Berkane 2-0.
Mohamed Sherif and Salah Mohsen’s second-half goals handed Egyptian giants their seventh CAF Super Cup title after beating RS Berkane at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha.
Al-Ahly qualified for the CAF Super Cup 2021 after winning the CAF Champions League title for a record tenth time last July, beating South Africa’s Kazier Chiefs 3-0 in the final in Casablanca, Morocco.
Al-Ahly’s players during a training session in readiness for their match against in the CAF Super Cup in Doha.
Raja, meanwhile, appears in the CAF Super Cup for the fourth time, winning it twice before, the latest in 2019 defeating Tunisia’s Esperance 2-1 in Doha too.
Raja lifted the CAF Confederation Cup for the second time, beating Algeria’s JS Kabylie 2-1 in the final last July in Cotonou, Benin.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
