Patrice Motsepe, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), said that the Champions League and Confederation Cup finals will revert to a two-leg format, rather than the one-leg format used in the previous three editions.
“We are going to fix that. This will never happen again,” Motsepe was quoted as saying by South African media on Sunday.
“It is something I inherited and I could not change. The decision was taken before me. We will have a two-legged final because again, can you imagine the supporters of Ahly in Egypt and of course my favourite coach Pitso [Mosimane and former Ahly coach]?” the South African Motsepe added.
The winner of the champions league earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, and also faces the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup in the following season's CAF Super Cup.