Al Ahly head coach Pitso Mosimane has revealed what he told his players after the teargas incident before their CAF Champions League encounter.
Saturday's clash with Esperance was delayed by an hour after police fired teargas at the home supporters at the Hammadi Agrabi Stadium.
Click through the gallery above to see the teargas incident before the game.
The incident happened while Al Ahly were warming up and the players were eventually forced to leave the field due to breathing problems, but Mosimane claims they have had worse receptions before.
"We don't have any problem to deal with such situations," Mosimane said, as per KingFut.
"The difficulty was that the team ate their last meal three hours before the match, and after it was postponed for an hour, the team did not eat for four hours, and for this, we lacked energy in the last minutes of the second half.
"We didn't want to make excuses. We had to be very focused during the match, and I'm not saying that because we won.
"I asked the players to calm down, because their role is to play football.
"We spoke with the players before the match to motivate them, but after what happened we had to renew their motives again, and this happened with the help of Mohamed El-Shennawy, Saad Samir, and Sayed Abdel-Hafiz.
"It's not just about me, I'm surrounded by a group of great people but I'm not alone.
"I always tell the players that we are a good and strong team. I saw Al Ahly win without many players, but it does not matter who plays.
"I was infected with the Coronavirus and I was not in the matches, but the team won. El-Shennawy missed against the Cairo derby against Zamalek and the team won, Afsha missed games and we won. The team is the most important.