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Two Nigerian players to clash in CAF Champions League Final

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CAF Champions League 2019/20 may have long been forgotten by many Nigerians owing to the early exit of the two Nigerian entries, but two Nigerian players are directly connected in this Saturday’s final match.

Egyptian and African giants, Al Ahly will face first time finalists, Kaiser Chiefs of South Africa at the at Complexe Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco.

Oluwafemi Junior Ajayi, better known as Junior Ajayi is a striker for Al Ahly while Daniel Akpeyi is the goalkeeper for Kaiser Chiefs. Both were members of the Nigerian bronze winning-team at the 2016 Olympics.

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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