viagramof – Portuguese coach Miguel Cardoso, coach of Tunisian Esperance, spoke about his team’s confrontation

Miguel Cardoso said in his statements at the introductory press conference for the match, today, Friday: “We go into the match without fear, and we use all our weapons. I do not believe in magic, but I believe in the magician, who is the person who strives every day to achieve his goals. This is my philosophy in training.”

The Esperance coach continued, saying: “In the semi-final match with Sun Downs, I wrote a message to the players in the locker room: Can we reach the furthest point in the tournament? I did not think about the rest of our journey, but we were working to overcome every match.”

He added: “I was here in 2010 as a coach for a Portuguese club. We came to play a friendly match against Al-Ahly Then, we know all the strengths of the team competing with us well.”

He continued: “We prepare as we prepare for every match. Esperance was established under the name of a café, in the Tunisian capital, and it is a historic club. We are proud of what we achieved by reaching the final of the African Champions League. We came to Cairo to achieve the title.”

He concluded: “We have great and unlimited confidence in Esperance’s superiority over Al-Ahly in its homeland and returning from Egypt with the African Champions League title.”