Soccer-Pyramids hope for ‘miracle’ of support in African CL final


FILE PHOTO: A horse cart drives with tourists in front of the Great Pyramids in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File photo

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt’s Pyramids hope to rally local support for Sunday’s African Champions League final as they face the possibility of hosting the second leg in a near-empty stadium in Cairo against South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns.

Coach Krunoslav Jurcic said it would be a "miracle" if his side could attract support from a city whose citizens overwhelmingly back one of the two traditional Cairo giants -- Al Ahly or Zamalek.

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