Enyimba chairman Felix Agwue knows how important the semi-final is
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Enyimba are attempting to become the first Nigerian side to reach a Champions League final as they travel to Algeria to take on USMA in Friday's semi-final first leg.
The Algerian side have switched their training sessions to night time in a bid to come to terms with their fasting during Ramadan.
It is just three days into the holy month and the Algerian players were worried about not having enough time to adapt to the fasting.
"We had problems in the beginning especially that Ramadan started only a couple of days ago and we hope that this won't affect our physical condition," team captain, Zeghdoud Mounir explained.
USMA also have to come to terms with a 1-0 midweek loss to UCS in a league encounter.
"We are focused on our match against Enyimba and this is all that matters right now," the coach Asmy Abdel Wahab said.
Meanwhile Enyimba's chairman Felix Agwue knows just how important the match is to Nigeria as a whole.
"It is important we perform well as the first ever Nigerian side to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League," he told BBC Sport.
"We don't know too much about our opposition only what we have seen on a few videos but we can see that they are a good side, very tough and fast.
"The whole team is ready for the match, I don't like to predict the scores in football matches but we hope to come home with a win," he said.
Enyimba were the surprise winners of Group A but their away form was not good as they were thrashed 6-1 at Ismailia and lost out 2-1 to surprise package Simba of Tanzania.
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