South African Football Association (Safa) has confirmed and also explained why Orlando Pirates will face Entente Sportive (ES) Setif at a neutral venue on March 10.
The two teams will start their Caf Confederation Cup group stage campaign at Ghana’s Accra Sports Stadium with Setif being the home team.
Safa's head of communications, Dominic Chimhavi indicated that the Setif are unable to host Pirates in their home country, Algeria, due to an issue of a long process to get visas.
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“It’s not an issue of being denied entry. It’s an issue of a long process to get visas, but I can confirm Pirates will play the Algerian club [Setif] in Ghana," Chimhavi told Sowetan.