FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Egyptian Premier League - Zamalek v Al Ahly - Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt - August 22, 2020 Zamalek's Ferjani Sassi in action with Al Ahly's Mohamed Magdi Kafsha REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Africa's oldest footballing rivalry has an elevated prize on offer on Friday when Egypt's Al Ahly meet their arch rivals Zamalek in the African Champions League final in Cairo.
Bitter adversaries for more than a century, Friday’s clash for the top club trophy on the continent is the 239th meeting between the two teams, each of whom can count their support in the Arabic speaking world in the tens of millions of fans.
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