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There could be two teams called Chelsea competing at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan this year if a side from Ghana continue to slay CAF Champions League giants.Berekum Chelsea host Cairo-based Zamalek this weekend in matchday one of the leading African club championship hoping to go all the way and join shock UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea at the December tournament.Dutch coach Hans van der Pluijm hopes some of the amazing spirit that saw the Stamford Bridge outfit score twice with ten men in a semi-final against Barcelona at the Camp Nou can rub off on his squad.But he also acknowledges that his young team will begin as Group A outsiders against three of the most successful clubs in CAF competitions - Zamalek, fellow Egyptians Al Ahly and TP Mazembe from Congo DR.Ahly have won the CAF Champions League a record six times, Zamalek five times and 2010 FIFA Club World Cup runners-up Mazembe four times. The trio share the tag of favourites this year along with title holders Esperance of Tunisia."They are all former champions and we have a lot of respect for them, but we all got to this stage on merit and so we will see how it goes from now on," Van der Pluijm said. "My boys must believe in themselves, they must believe that nothing is impossible no matter how strong the opposition appears to be, and they must not let anyone push them around.
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