Africa's two most successful sides rekindle their fierce rivalry, but doing so to empty stands might not be the worst thing in the world
There is a quantum of solace to be found in the reality that, in this most atypical of years, the showpiece event of African club football will be contested by the continent’s two most successful entities.
If a disc-shaped dirigible flying vessel were to land on Earth, bearing sentient beings from a far-flung planet in the vast void of space, and they demanded (or even asked nicely) a crash course in all that the Caf Champions League is about, they would not get a better answer than Al Ahly vs Zamalek.