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TICKETS SOLD OUT FOR CAF SUPER CUP IN DOHA

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The CAF Super Cup match to be played in the Qatari capital of Doha on Friday will have a capacity crowd after tickets sold out.

Esperance of Tunisia will take on Egyptian side Zamalek at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in the match between the winners of CAF’s two continental club competitions.

Football fans have demonstrated high interest in the game as supporters have bought all the tickets for the match hosted by the Qatar Football Association (QFA).

“Tickets for the #CAFSuperCup have sold out! We hope everyone enjoys the match,

Zamalek arrived in Doha on Tuesday afternoon while the Esperance delegation are expected to arrive later in the night.

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The one-off annual match is organised by CAF between the winners of the previous Total CAF Champions League and the Total CAF Confederation Cup.

The game will see Esperance, winners of the 2019 CAF Champions League, facing Zamalek, who are champions of the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup.

Doha’s hosting of the CAF Super Cup match is the second time in a row following the recent cooperation agreement between Qatar Football Association and CAF.

The CAF Super Cup 2020 will be one of three awaited versions to be hosted by Qatari capital in the coming years.

The 2020 CAF Super Cup will be the 28th edition of the one-off match.

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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