Horoya Athletic Club Is Ready to Take On Amazulu, Guinean Champions Expect a Tough Encounter in South Africa

• Horoya Athletic Club and Amazulu will meet in the Confederation of African Football(CAF) Champions League
• Horoya Athletic Club is expecting a tough encounter when they play against South Africa's Amazulu in Durban
• Amazulu players are confident that they can use playing at home to their advantage in the game against Horoya AC

Horoya Athletic Club or Horoya AC are expecting a tough encounter when they take on Amazulu in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League.

Horoya AC and Amazulu both come into the encounter on the back of defeats in their opening group games. Amazulu were beaten by Raja Casablanca while Horoya AC was beaten by El Setif.

Despite Amazulu losing their opening match, Horoya AC coach, Lamine N'Diaye believes the South African team will be a tough encounter. According to Soccer Laduma, N’Diaye said that just because Amazulu had lost their opening game, didn’t make their performance a bad one.

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"With AmaZulu, we will make sure we play very well, we don't make mistakes because we want to get the three points,” he was quoted as saying.

While N’Diaye showed tons of respect for the South African team, it is Amazulu who should be wary of their opponents.

Horoya AC is Guinean champions and has won the title a record 18 times already. They have also faced off against South African opposition in the past four years.

Horoya AC has beaten Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates and drawn with Kaizer Chiefs.

Amazulu though is confident that they can use the home-ground advantage to mastermind a win over the Guinean champions.

As reported by Times LIVE, Amazulu’s players believed that playing at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban would be a big booster for the team.

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Siyethemba Sithebe will not be selected for Amazulu as long as he remains an Usuthu player. Coach Benni McCarthy confirmed that Sithebe would be ‘unavailable’ for selection, Sports Brief earlier reported.

Sithebe is yet to feature for Amazulu during the two games that the club has played this year and he hasn’t even been on the bench. McCarthy explained that he could not select a player if the player wasn’t available for selection, iDiski Times confirmed.

Sithebe’s contract situation with Amazulu made headlines in January as Kaizer Chiefs actively pursued the player, The South African confirmed. While Chiefs could not agree on a deal for the player’s services, they did manage to secure his services once his contract expires at the end of the season.