The Confederation of African Football’s competition committee decided on Tuesday to restage the Champions League match between Egypt’s Zamalek and Senegal’s Generation Foot in Cairo.
Chihu Deco, a member of the CAF Competition Committee, said that both clubs are wrong, so the encounter should be replayed. The CAF did not give any further information about the date of the game.
The Whites were due to host the Senegalese side at Cairo’s Petro Sport Stadium on Saturday, September 29, but the match was moved to Alexandria’s Borg El-Arab Stadium a day later due to claimed security reasons presented by Zamalek in an official letter to CAF.
The crisis sparkled after the Senegalese club refused to head to Alexandria, where both teams were set to play the game at Borg Al Arab Stadium, and they withdrew from the White Knights’ encounter in the second leg of the last 32.
Generation Foot said in a statement that they sent another letter confirming that Zamalek’s request to postpone the match for security reasons is completely untrue as everything is fine.
On its part, the EFA affirmed its support to all the Egyptian clubs, who participate in the regional tournaments. “The state officials are keen on the relationships linking EFA and regional and continental federations,” the statement read.
“Based on this, the EFA had no choice according to letters exchanged with the African Football Federation not to open stadiums for fans last week especially Borg Al Arab to protect the fans based on the fact that it hosted clashes at the Egyptian Cup final and Super Championship in the fans present.,” the statement added.
Zamalek were defeated a 2-1 away in the first leg on 14 October. The five-time Champions League winners Zamalek just need to win 1-0 in the return match against Generation Foot to book a place in the group stage.
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