Esperance qualified for the African Super Cup by winning the Champions League despite a controversy over VAR. AFP/FETHI BELAIDDOHA: African football bosses will hope Friday's Super Cup clash between Tunisia's Esperance and Egypt's Zamalek in Doha overshadows the fiasco over the way Esperance qualified.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport named Esperance the winners after a bruising legal battle that did nothing to enhance the image of scandal-tainted African football. Friday's fixture is fraught with political pitfalls. Zamalek initially said they would boycott. Egypt is one of four countries enforcing an economic boycott of Qatar over alleged backing for radical Islamist groups and for Iran. Doha denies the charges.Zamalek's board voted to play the match but the club's colourful chairman Mortada Mansour warned his players in an online video that they were"travelling to a hostile country".
The match - with a 20,000 capacity crowd expected - may be a test for Qatar's infrastructure but not for any of the 2022 World Cup venues as the game will be played at Al Gharafa, not one of the 2022 stadiums. It will kick off at 1600 GMT.
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