- Osah Tetteh - Medeama SC

– Osah Tetteh – Medeama SC

Ghana’s Medeama SC is set for a legendary face-off with continental giants, Al Ahly, of Egypt in a CAF Champions League encounter slated for the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.

The visitors are the protecting champs and appear on course to stage an effective defence, having actually jumped to the top of the table with 6 points after 4 rounds of matches.

They held Wydad Casablanca to a 1-1 attract the return component played in Casablanca in addition to a 2-1 win in Cairo in the previous leg to emerge should have champs.

And with a record extending 11th African crown, Ahly are still encouraged to construct on the continental gains by staging a defence of the title.

The next on their method is a Medeama side that suffer at the bottom with 4 points and in an alarming requirement of the benefits to improve their project.

Ahly lead with an opening day 3-0 defeat over the Ghanaians in Egypt plus 3 succeeding attracts their subsequent matches.

Medeama, although, began badly and handled to get better with a surprise win over CR Belouizdad at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, and a 1-1 draw versus Tanzania’s Young Africans at the exact same location.

With the rest of their video games, apart from today’s tie, slated for ‘opponent’ soil, it leaves a high order for the ‘Yellow and Mauves’ thinking about the strength of the groups in your home.

After the Ahly tie, Medeama face journeys to Algeria to play CR Belouizdad and Tanzania to deal with Young Africans; these are video games that might impact the self-confidence of Medeama fans.

Today’s video game provides a reasonable opportunity for them to not simply restore their project however surpass the Egyptians and discover the inspiration to defy the chances in the rest of the matches.

In Kumasi, the foreseeable sporadic crowd would be anticipated to cheer the group on to stop the skilled Egyptians whose late ask for a post ponement of the match due to flight difficulties was declined by the Medeama’s board.

BY ANDREW NORTEY