Egyptian club, Smouha have lambasted six-time Nigerian champions, Enyimba, over what they termed “bad treatment” before their first leg, first round Caf Champions League game in Aba on Sunday.
Enyimba won the contest 1-0 thanks to a Raphael Boumson strike but the Egyptians claim they were badly treated by the two-time African club champions before the game.
Coach of Smouha, Helmy Toulan said they were shocked to have received such treatment from the People’s Elephant.
Smouha © shengolpix
“We didn’t meet anybody from Enyimba and we got bad treatment.
“We took care of ourselves upon arrival (in Nigeria); from hotels to buses (internal transportation), to training pitches and everything else.
“The only people who helped us were the men of Arab Contractors but (we received) zero help from Enyimba,” Toulan told supersport.com.
Enyimba will however receive the “best possible treatment” when they visit Alexandria for the return leg on the weekend of April 3-5, according to Toulan.
“We are not going to treat Enyimba badly when they come to Alexandria for the second leg inspite of what they did to us. We are Egypt. We have 7,000 years of civilization (under our belt).
“They will be received in a very good condition. We will make them very happy when they visit us,” he said.
“Lies, deceit” and hitting back
Toulan’s declarations have meanwhile been met with fury by the Enyimba camp with club Chairman, Felix Anyansi Agwu describing the 65-year coach as a liar.
“That is not true. Such statements are lies and deceit. It is a shame that (Toulan) will say such things.
“He has not painted a true picture of what happened and that is a tricky one. Smouha arrived in Abuja when they know Enyimba is not based (in that city).
“Ordinarily, we were supposed to receive them once they arrive in Nigeria but we were only notified about an hour before they touched down in Abuja.
“There was nothing we could have done because they had already decided to sleep over in Abuja.
“They are just trying to whip up all sorts of sentiments so that when they go back home, they can feed their people with all sorts of stories.
“We initially got information that they (Smouha) would come into Nigeria via Lagos and we had representatives of our football club in there to receive them only for us to hear they were coming in through Abuja.
“It happened too quickly and there was no way we could alter our plans in the one hour that we got the information because we do not own a private jet.
“When they eventually arrived in Owerri, we made sure we had our people there to receive them. We went there with police escorts, a bus and everything other thing to make them safe and comfortable.
“Do you know that they rejected everything we brought to Owerri for their comfort?
“The rules in the Caf Champions League have changed and teams are now allowed to take care of themselves,” he said.
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