As the second leg of the quarter finals of the African Football League between Wydad Casablanca of Morroco and Enyimba, Both teams go into the game with one sights on the prestige and the financial reward.
That teams had already gotten one million dollars as participation fee, getting to the semi-finals of the Competition will also mean that teams will get more money.
Two-time African champions Enyimba and the Moroccans clash on Thursday at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, after the Confederation of Africa Football on Tuesday announced a change in the date earlier scheduled for Wednesday (today).
Enyimba fell to a 1-0 defeat to Wydad in the first leg of the game played Wydad on Sunday
with 39th minute penalty from Yahya Jabrane.
For the African Football League, the Semi finalists will be rewarded $1.7 million, the runners-up will walk away with $3 million while the winners will get $4 million.
To get a taste of more money, Coach Finidi George led Enyimba will have to upturn one goal deficit against the Moroccan giants and secure a win, either in the regulation time on penalty.
Meanwhile, Enyimba has accused the Moroccan authorities of deploying ugly tactics to frustrate the club ahead of the second leg.
The media manager of Enyimba FC, David Orji, in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos said that the team were forced to return to their hotel after spending six hours and 30 minutes in the aircraft at the Muritala Muhammed Airport in Lagos waiting for authorisation to land from the Moroccan authorities.
As of past midnight Monday, the People’s Elephants were still stranded at Murtalal Mohammed International Airport Lagos as Moroccan officials failed to give authorisation to the team’s chartered aircraft from the international wing of the airport to land in Casablanca.
The delay in the journey would later occasioned the postponement of the Match from Wednesday to Thursday