Al Ahly head coach Marcel Koller says the team are not in their best shape after their goalless draw against CR Belouizdad in the CAF Champions League on Friday night.
The reigning African champions remain top of Group D following their stalemate on Friday night, while they have yet to lose after four matches.
Al Ahly were without a number of their internationals, including South African forward Percy Tau.
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"We are not in our best shape yet as we did not play a single game during the last six weeks and also the international players joined the team late after finishing their international duty," Koller said in the press conference after the match, as per Ahram Online.
"In contrast, Belouizdad consistently plays in the Algerian league and they prepared better for today, their performance was better than ours."
"Belouizdad is excellent, they played elegant football, they're fast and strong, and I was aware of that before the match, hence I'm good with today's draw.
"We have two games left in the group, our goal is to win them and qualify at the top, but it won't be easy, as we face a tough match against Medeama away next week.
"We don't have official matches during this period, so we'll try to prepare the team for the challenging encounter in the best possible way. The last match will be like a final and we'll strive to qualify at the top as we used to."
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