Ahmed El Fadly, Egypt’s ambassador to South Africa, accompanied Al Ahly’s football first team delegation in their trip from Cairo to Pretoria.

Ambassador El Fadly made sure that all arrangements for the delegation are set, as he traveled with the team from Cairo to Johannesburg, before going with them to the team’s residency in Pretoria in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Reds are set to face Mamelodi Sundowns in the second leg of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals next Saturday, after beating the South African team 2-0 in the first leg.