Enyimba, Dolphins in tough draw There will be a potential explosive all-Tunisian clash in the other group where Esperance and Etoile Sahel are paired together.
Both the Egyptian and Moroccan outfits are among the four teams in Africa this year with Al Ahly decisive in winning their domestic championship with an unbeaten run and Raja on course to defend their title in Morocco. But Enyimba's confident chairman Felix Anyansi declared his side were still confident of a record-breaking third successive title. "It is a tough draw but then any draw we would have had would have been tough," he told the BBC.
"Our team is a relatively new one, we got rid of the complacent players but we are unbeaten in the premier league and this is what makes us confident." The other team in group B is the South African newcomers Ajax Amsterdam. In group B, Zamalek and ASEC Abidjan play the two Tunisian sides.
Esperance and Etoile share a bitter rivalry, evidence by the fact that Etoile, despite being top of the Tunisian league standings at the time, fired coach Ammar Souayeh after Esperance beat them on post-match penalties in a Tunisian Cup tie.
Enyimba and Etoile, who played in last year's final, were the two seeded sides at the draw, which was conducted by legendary Egyptian goalkeeper Ahmed Shoubeir. In the African Confederation Cup, Egyptian clubs Arab Contractors and Ismaili were drawn together in the same group. 3
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