Zambian top referee Janny Sikazwe will be the center referee for tomorrow’s CAF Champions League pre-group stage play-off match between Egyptian club Al Ahly SC and Tunisian side US Monastir.
The top match official from Kapiri is no stranger to high stakes matches having officiated at the biggest tournaments including the FIFA World Cup.
The match will be played at the Al Salaam Stadium in Cairo and will Kick Off at 6 PM (CAT).
Al Ahly lead 1-0 on aggregate thanks to a goal by defender Mohamed Abdel-Moneim who sealed the win in the first-leg match that was held at the Mustafa Ben Jannat Stadium in the city of Monastir in Tunisia.
Al Ahly will wear their traditional Red shirts with white shorts while Monastir will wear all Blue.
Marcel Kohler, the Al Ahly gaffer has also named his squad for the match against the Tunisian outfit.
Al-Ahly’s list for the match included:
Mohamed El-Shennawy, Ali Lotfi, Mustafa Schubert, Mahmoud Metwally, Hamdi Fathi, Ahmed Abdel-Qader, Mohamed Sharif, Bruno Savio, Ayman Ashraf, Hussein El-Shahat, Aliou Diang, Amr Al-Sulayya, Hussam Hassan, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Shadi Hussein, Ali Maaloul, Mohamed Abdel-Moneim, Akram Tawfik and Taher Mohamed Taher, Karim Fouad, Mohamed Hani, Raafat Khalil and Ahmed Nabil Koca.
The winner of the tie will progress to the group stage of the CAF Champions League.
SIKAZWE TRACK RECORD
Sikazwe refereed the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final in Japan between Spanish club Real Madrid, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Japanese club Kashima Antlers, Real Madrid won the match 4-2 with Cristiano Ronaldo netting a hat-trick.
The man from Kapiri Mposhi was also the center man in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Final in Gabon.
He was also selected to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and made his debut in Belgium vs Panama Group G game on 18 June. The match also saw him going into the record books as he became the first Zambian referee to officiate a game at the FIFA World Cup finals.
Sikazwe was last year picked as one of only two center referees from Africa to officiate at the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.
Great work Janny. You remind me of when I was young and I wasn’t addicted to drugs and alcohol. I’m unemployable now and my wife has left me. Will work for food.
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Well it’s a new year and I’m still high. Drugs are expensive here in Sydney. Anyone got a job going? I’ll appear normal on the first day but will rapidly deteriorate from there. 3 days max and I’ll be on a bender. Love that whiskey! Has anyone seen my wife?
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