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Only for millionaires

AFP, Johannesburg
Football supporters wishing to watch the African Confederation Cup match between Highlanders of Zimbabwe and Al-Merreikh of Sudan in Harare Saturday will have to be multi-millionaires.
Cheapest tickets for the third round, first leg qualifier in the I African equivalent ofthe UEFA Cup will set supporters back 100 million Zimbabwe dollars in the land of sixdigit inflation.
And those fancying the comfort of the VIP enclosure at Gwanzura Stadium in the southern suburb of | Highfields must fork out 800 million dollars to watch a match originally scheduled for the southern cityofBulawayo.
Admission prices have been hiked in a country where the official exchange rate is 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars to one American dollar so that cash-strapped Highlanders can fund the flight to Sudan next month for the return match.
The timing of the first encounter spells financial disaster for Highlanders with an international trade fair in Bulawayo this weekend foiling all attempts to accommodate the Sudanese.
Highlanders are at their best when playing at Barbourfields, a 25,000-seat stadium where the closeness of supporters to the sideline can induce claustrophobia among nervous visiting footballers.
After a routine aggregate victory over Ferroviario Nampula of Mozambique, the Zimbabweans shocked Zambian army club Green Buffaloes by drawing 1-1 in Lusaka and winning 1 -0 in Bulawayo.
Cuthbert Mal a jit a was Highlanders hero, scoring both goals, and is sure to receive special attention from experienced African campaigners Merreikh, who finished runners-up to CS Sfaxien ofTunisia lastyear.
Merreikh brushed aside Rayon Sport of Rwanda in the previous round, winning 3-0 in steamy Omdurman courtesy of goals from African veterans Haytham Tambal and Faisal Agab, and drawing 0-0 in Kigali.
South African clubs have long been accused of not taking African Football Confederation (CAF) club competitions seriously and Ajax Cape Town coach Craig Rosslee admits he will field a weakened team at home to Mount Cameroon.
Ajax top the national championship standings on goal differ-
ence with four rounds left and managerial rookie Rosslee does not want to risk injuries so close to the finish line and a one-milliondollar-plus first prize.
Fortunately for Ajax, little known Mount are far from invincible as a 1-0 home loss to Primeiro Maio of Angola in the second round demonstrated after the central Africans built a two-goal first leg advantage.
Esperance of Tunisia, the biggest name among the 16 survivors having won every CAF competition bar the Confederation Cup, will be wary of US Masseda in Togo after coming close to a humiliating exit this month.
The 'Blood and Gold' needed the away-goal rule to eliminate Moroccan Ipwer league outfit Rachad Barnoussi despite fielding an expensively assembled assortment ofTunisian internationals.
Sfaxien are away to erratic Linguere of Senegal, who trounced Entente Bingerville of Ivory Coast 3-0 at home only to lose by the same score in Abidjan before scraping through on penalties.
Asante Kotoko of Ghana, the other contenders to have won a CAF competition, are away to Dolphin of Nigeria, runners-up to FAR Rabat of Morocco in the 2005 Confederation Cup.