CAF Champions League final: Zamalek president Mortada Mansour has dig at Al Ahly

Mansour, who has reportedly been banned from entering the Cairo International Stadium to attend the fixture is known as one of the most controversial figures in African football.

However, under his guidance over the past six years, the White Knights have emerged as one of the most formidable sides in African football with 11 titles won, including the 2018/19 CAF Confederation Cup.

With Jamie Pacheco reinstalled as their 18th manager since Mansour tenure as president began, the 68-year-old expressed his confidence that they will reign supreme in the Derby of the Century.

1. Mido - 36 games (21 January 2014 - 24 July 2014)

2. Hossam Hassan - 19 games (30 July 2014 - 2 October 2014)

3. Jaime Pacheco - 15 games (10 October 2014 - 1 January 2015)

4. Jesualdo Ferreira - 41 games (8 February 2015 - 21 November 2015)

5. Marcos Paquetá - 5 games (December 2015 - 3 January 2016)

6. Mido 2nd stint - seven games (3 January 2016 - 9 February 2016)

7. Alex McCleish - seven games (27 February 2016 - 2 May 2016)

8. Mohammed Helmy - 15 games (2 May 2016 - 27 July 2016)

8. Moamen Soliman - 10 games (30 July 2016 - 19 November 2016)

10. Mohammed Helmy 2nd stint - 23 games (28 November 2016 - 1 April 2017)

11. Augusto Inácio - 23 games (2 April 2017 - 27 July 2017)

12. Nebojša Jovovic - 18 games (16 August 2017 - 3 January 2018)

13. Ehab Galal - 17 games (3 January 2018 -13 April 2018)

14. Christian Gross - 48 games (3 July 2018 - 1 July 2019)

15. Khaled Galal - 3 games (1 July 2019 - 29 July 2019)

16. Milutin Sredojevic - 12 games (19 August 2019 - 2nd December 2019)

17. Patrice Carteron - 31 games (3 December 2019 - 15 September 2020)

18. Jaime Pacheco - 26 games (28 September 2020-11 March 2021)

"Our goal is to win honour over Al-Ahly club inside the stadium only," he said on his official Youtube channel. "We do not want the quarrels that occurred in Abu Dhabi between Al-Ahly and Zamalek to be repeated in the final.

"We do not forget that the crisis that occurred at that time was due to the participation of Kahraba and his hitting the Zamalek players."

"Zamalek have a stronger squad but Al-Ahly is stronger in the media and this is a fact. We ask our team to play in guise and only for fun and the universe will not end after the match, there are many other matches coming between the two teams."

The White Knights and the Pitso Mosimane's Red Devils face off in a once-off final clash tonight that will go straight to penalties should the two sides not be separated after 90 minutes - with kickoff at 21h00.

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