CAIRO: Ahly coach Manuel Jose played down talks that playing at home gives his side the edge over African Champions League opponents Coton Sport of Cameroon.
The five-time Egyptian champions will be up against Coton in the competition s final first leg game in Cairo on Nov. 2, and Jose stressed that playing at home doesn’t guarantee a win.
When we play at the Cairo Stadium my players are always under pressure from our supporters, the Portuguese coach was quoted as saying by cafonline.com on Thursday.
Away from home when we re not under pressure, we perform well. We put on a good display when forcing a goalless draw against Enyimba in Aba despite playing on a terrible pitch, he added.
Despite admitting that Sunday s home game will not be easy, Jose said that he has total confidence in his players.
We will do our best to win the first leg in Cairo to make our task of overcoming them easier.
Ahly have the best footballers in Africa so we should go for a win whenever and wherever we play.
Ahly will be playing their fourth successive Champions League final.
