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News Now CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters)
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian Football Federation announced Friday that it has received a request from the African Union (AU) to replace the Borg el-Arab stadium in Alexandria for the continental matches of Ahly and Egypt. Zamalek.
The Egyptian federation said on its Facebook page that Al-Kaf had asked Al-Burj Al Arab for an alternate stadium for the quarter-final matches in the two African clubs for which Al Ahli and Zamalek qualified. .
He explained that the African Union had sent a letter to the local, including this request, because "the state of the natural grass at Burj Al Arab was not good at the matches of both clubs. which were created during the last phase of the group phase ".
Al Ahly has reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League where he meets South African Mamelodi Sundowns, while Zamalek competes in the same round of the Confederations Cup against Morocco's Hassania Agadir.
Round-trip matches will be held in April.
This happens months before Egypt hosts the Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held from June 21 to July 19, 2019, and stadium Stadium is not one of the stadiums hosting the tournament.
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