Abdelhafiz: We Seek for a Strong Start in the Competition

Al Ahly Director of Football Sayed Abdelhafiz said that our players are focused on today's game to achieve a good result against AS SONIDEP.

"The players are ready for the game and we all seek to have a strong start and qualify to the group stages as we want to defend our African title."

"Our history is not only about our achievements, it also includes Al Ahly's great values, which taught us to always respect the opponents, especially that football is full of surprises."

"AS SONIDEP will face us with great motivations, and Al Ahly is used to this kind of attitude especially from the teams that face us for the first time. They seek to achieve a historic result and our coaching staff and the players are aware of this."

"We are in contact with our head coach Pitso Mosimane, who is currently in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, to follow up the team's plan here in Niger."