Al Ahly manager Marcel Koller has made a big call regarding Percy Tau's participation in their CAF Champions League semi-final clash against TP Mazembe.
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For the first time since the first leg of the Red Devils' CAFCL quarter-final, the man known as the Lion of Judah returned to the pitch against the Ravens this past weekend.
Tau had missed the second leg of the aforementioned tie as well as three Egyptian Premier League clashes against ENPPI SC, ZED FC and Zamalek due to an apparent ankle injury.
On Saturday afternoon, however, the Witbank native returned to action for his side in Lubumbashi, with the Egyptian giants managing to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo with a 0-0 draw.
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In an effort to turn the tie in their favour and become the first team ever to make it five consecutive Champions League finals, Ahly's Swiss tactician will name the former Brighton Hove Albion man in his starting XI for the second leg, according to Press Bee.
At the Stade TP Mazembe, the 29-year-old was introduced as a second-half substitute and played 45 minutes of the encounter, but it seems Koller wants to maximise the team's chances of making it to yet another final by starting with one of his most important players.
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The same report also claims that the Club of the Century has received permission from the relevant authorities to have as many as 50 000 supporters present at the Cairo International Stadium for the crunch final-four clash.
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