Caps United are in a do or die encounter against Al Ahli (SC ) Tripoli at a neutral venue in Tunisia as Libya has been declared unsafe due to political instabilities and wars.
Zimbabwe champions Caps United on Wednesday will square off against Al Ahli (SC) Tripoli of Libya at Stale Alteeb Almharea in Tunisia at 2300 hours local time.Caps United FC lost to Al- Ahli FC 4-2 on home in the first leg.
A win for Caps United who are anchored at the bottom of the log with 3 points will leave them with 7 points after the match.Caps United left with two matches with the other one at home will still have hopes to qualify if they win against Al- Ahli FC.
It’s Al- Ahli FC’s first time to be in the mini league phase after having qualified for the CAF Champions league for 3 times. Al- AHLI FC were knocked in their previous encounters as follows : Year 2000- first round, Year 2015- Preliminary round, Year 2016- second round.Also Caps United FC has appeared in the Champions league for three times.It is currently in group stages , in 1997 it was booted in the third round, 2005 in the second round and in 2006 it was disqualified.
Caps United FC’S last encounter against AL-Ahli FC was marred with injuries and this time they would be rejuvenated and eyeing for a win to keep their hopes on track.The neutral venue will also give Caps Unite FC an upper hand as Al- Ahli FC will be home away from home.
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