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Restricted crowd for Champions League final

Home side Esperance are poised to take the title for a second successive year in the second leg against Al Ahli of Egypt in the 65,000 seater Rades Stadium. The first leg in Cairo ended 1-1.

Tunisia's Interior Ministry, which has confined most professional football to behind closed doors over the last year, has granted permission for the selling of tickets for just over half the capacity of the ground.

The 'Arab Spring' took hold in Tunisia almost two years ago and restrictions continue in place at matches for fear crowds represent a possible springboard for civil unrest.

In August, Tunisia's other representatives in the Champions League, Etoile Sahel, were kicked out of the competition after rioting fans caused the abandonment of a group match.