Ittihad of Libya's coach Miodrag Jesic wants his side to demonstrate full superiority over Ahly by winning the second leg of the CAF Champions League round of 16 in Cairo. Jesic's men downed the Red Devils 2-0 Friday night in Libya, to seize a substantial and unexpected advantage. The Serbian tactician is looking to spring another surprise when Ahli host Ittihad on May 9th. "We will be seeking to win the second leg too, although Ahli become particularly attack-minded while playing at home," Jesic was quoted by the Cairo club's official site as saying. "If we play defensively, we might well bow out. "We have a very difficult task in hand. Our opponents are experienced and powerful. "They are capable of turning things upside down in the next game, so we have to be cautious." Al-Ahly need to win the second leg by a three-goal margin in order to advance to the group stage. Al-Ahly of Egypt, meanwhile, said they were annoyed by a laser beam aimed by Ittihad of Libya fans on keeper Ahmed Adel during Friday's African Champions League round of 16 first leg clash which they lost 2-0. "The home fans tried to unsettle Adel and affect his concentration by targeting him with a laser beam," Ahly's football director Hadi Khashaba said on the club's official website after the game. "We already informed the referee before the game that we were worried about that. "We asked the match commissioner to include the incident in his match report." Ahly also said that central defender Wael Gomaa needed four stitches in his head after being hit with a stone thrown by Ittihad fans after the game. "This was an inexplicable behavior from Ittihad supporters," Ahly said in another statement on their website. "The stones also injured midfielder Mohamed Barakat. We asked the match commissioner to report those incidents to (African governing body) CAF." The Red Devils face possible exit from the competition's preliminary rounds for the second successive season after conceding two goals from corners at the packed 11 June Stadium in Libya. They will play Ittihad at Cairo Stadium, which can host up to 74,000 fans, in the second leg in two weeks' time.
