Ahly postpone Atletico Madrid friendly

Ahram Online, Tuesday 17 Jul 2012

Busy CAF Champions League schedule forces Ahly to cancel their friendly with La Liga side Atletico Madrid on 25 July

Atletico Madrid
File photo: Atletico Madrid team in Cairo as they defeated Zamalek 4-1 in a friendly match last November. (Photo: Sayed Abdel-Kader)

Egyptian champions Ahly have postponed their friendly against Atletico Madrid on 25 July due to the team's busy CAF Champions League schedule.

The Cairo-based club are set to play archrivals Zamalek on Sunday 22 July before flying to Ghana to play Chelsea on 5 August.

The winners of six CAF Champions League trophies, who defeated Ghana’s Chelsea 3-2 away in the first round of matches, haven’t reached an agreement with the sponsors about the costs of cancelling the friendly.

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