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Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe and Cotonsport Garoua of Cameroon made it through to the final four of the
2008 African Champions League this weekend, with crucial wins in their respective final group
games. In Harare, Dynamos took on Egyptian giants Zamalek knowing a win would send them through to
the semi-finals regardless of results elsewhere.
Here at Just-Football we continue our Good Player Guide Cup of Nations special with a look at one
of the stars of the tournament: Mohamed Aboutreika (Al-Ahly / Egypt) How is it that many have not
heard of this man before now? Gifted touch, poised, orchestral in the way he dictates play –
Mohamed Aboutreika is a player of immense ability.
Cotonsport Garoua were only founded twenty-two years ago but have come on leaps and bounds in
African football during that short period and go into the final of the 2008 CAF African Champions
League looking to make history by winning their first ever continental trophy. However the task at
hand could hardly be more daunting given their opponents.
Egyptian giants Al-Ahly became outright the most successful club in African Champions League
history this weekend, drawing 2-2 in Cameroon against runners up Cotonsport Garoua to emerge 4-2
winners on aggregate. After a 2-0 win over the Cameroonians at the Cairo International Stadium two
weeks ago Al-Ahly were overwhelming favourites to win the tie going into the second leg and they
did just
While it was week one in the 2008/2009 European Champions League this week, the CAF African
Champions League is steadily building to its crescendo, with this weekend´s fixtures set to
determine who qualifies for the semi-finals of Africa´s most prestigious club competition. The
tournament is arranged differently to the European version in its current guise.
I haven't made any posts on the FIFA World Club Championship, partly because I'm not able to watch
the games as much as I used to, and partly because the matches aren't that interesting until the
final. I saw a rebroadcast of Adelaide United vs. Waitakere United, and Adelaide took a long time
to defeat a side that was very limited.
