Al Hilal
The defending champions squeezed past Iran's Foolad on Thursday to set up the meeting with the Qatari club in Doha, with the winners due to take on Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds over two legs in the final on April 29 and May 6.
Matches are scheduled to begin on April 7 with the winners of each group advancing to the last 16 alongside the three clubs with the best runners-up records.
The game was played under tough weather conditions as the temperature hit 34C, which affected the performance of the players.
The Sudanese giants did not accept CAF's decision and requested a meeting with CAF to know the reasons behind the decision.
The 32-year-old is currently the Saudi Professional League's joint top scorer, with 12 goals alongside Al Nassr's Anderson Talisca.
Qatar's hosting of the World Cup finals in November and December means the Asia Champions League's usual slot in the schedule is unavailable.
Gomis has scored six times in this year’s competition, still some way short of his tournament-leading 10 goals in the 2019 edition.
Familiar foes face off in the battle for berths in next month's Asian Champions League final as Saudi Arabian duo Al Hilal and Al Nassr.
Saudi Arabia will host the final of this year's Asian Champions League on Nov. 23, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Friday.
Asia's football body is "confident" of completing its coronavirus-hit Champions League this year.
The Saudi Al-Riyadh newspaper said that Zamalek would move officially within days to negotiate with the Saudi club Al-Hilal to sign the Syrian player Omar Khirbin.
Maaloul, 30, established himself as one of the key players in the Red Devils' squad since he joined Al Ahly from his childhood club, Club Sportif Sfaxien.
Swiss coach Rene Weiler has said that his team is ready to face Al Hilal after he studied the opponent and knew them completely.
Al-Ahly’s delegation flied to Sudan at 4:00 on Thursday, in preparation for facing Al Hilal at the end of the group stage of the African Champions League.
Without notice, Hamada Sidki left the Sudanese club, Al Hilal, after only 25 days of taking the position, in order to take over the leadership of the Smouha.
Al-Ahly has set the initial date for confronting Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the retirement festival of Libyan football star Tarek Al-Taib.
Egyptian coach, Hamada Sidky, Sudanese Al Hilal coach, believes that the competition is on fire between three clubs in the first group of the African Champions League.
The Asian champion outperformed the African champion to establish the knot of the yellow continent's superiority over the black in the World Cup meetings without any victory.
Al Hilal qualified for the competition after dominating Asian football last season to win the AFC Champions League title.
Al-Ahly, led by Swiss manager, Rene Weiler, aim to bounce back after losing the first game of the group 1-0 to Etoile du Sahel in Rades.
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