A copious number of e-mail exchanges with their forthcoming Angolan hosts has still not yet been able to inform Ajax Cape Town where they will be playing their African Confederation Cup tie this month.
“We have been sending e-mails back and forth but we still don’t know anything. The Angolans just keep telling us not to worry, they will take care of us,” said coach Roger de Sa.
Ajax Cape Town have been drawn to play Sagrada Esperanca in the first round of the African Confederation Cup with the first leg away on Saturday February 13.
Ajax’s opponents are from Dundo in Angola’s Lunda Norte, more than 1 000km east of the capital Luanda.
Ajax face having to travel there once they get to Luanda, although the match might also be played in the capital.
Confederation of African Football rules state that clubs hosting matches 200km or more away from the capital must pay for and arrange the internal travel of the visiting team.
If they are to travel into the interior, Ajax want to know they details of their travel. They can refuse any bus trip longer than 100km.
Sagrada Esperanca are owned by the state diamond exploration company and have twice before played in the Champions League but never in the Confederation Cup.
They only qualified for the 2016 edition because Bravos do Maquis, who beat them 1-0 in the Angolan Cup final in October, could not enter because of a lack of funds.
Ajax were also cup runners-up but play in the Confederation Cup because Nedbank Cup winners Mamelodi Sundowns are in the Champions League.
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