Esperance suffered a big blow following the injury of Saber Khalifaa who is the third striking force to be ruled out of Ahli crucial clash on Sunday in the CAF Champions League group stage. The Tunisian Daily based “Al-Sahafa” confirmed that the player will be out for at least four weeks. Khalifaa will be the third absentee from this game after strikers Salama Al-Qasdawi and Shekib Lashkham are still on the sideline because of injuries. Cape Verde striker Jerry Adriano is the only choice left to coach Larbi Zouaoui and he hopes Qasdawi could be back in time. Esperance, who are bottom of the group with only one point, have no other option except of the victory to keep their hopes alive of going through to the semis.
