Ahly's coach Friday angrily accused Mexican side Pachuca of spying on a team training session ahead of their crucial Club World Cup clash. “Three spies from Pachuka came to inspect our practice today. It's not fair. We didn't watch their practice. It's not fair,” said coach Manuel Jose after their training session on Friday. “Tomorrow's game is the same as the final for either Al-Ahly and Pachuca. The loser will go to a playoff for fifth and sixth places. It's a very important game,” Jose said. “For the European and South American clubs, they just go to a third-place playoff even if they lose. They can reach the final by winning only one game. Anyway, we just go into the match thinking it's the final.” The winner of the Pachuca-Al Ahly clash will face South American champion Liga de Quito of Ecuador in the semifinals while heavily favored Manchester United is seeded in the other half of the draw. Al-Ahly, Egypt's most crowned side and one of the world's best supported clubs, is aiming to do better than 2006 when it finished third beating CF America 2-1 in a playoff. “America were also a good team, but their style is different from Pachuca. Fortunately, we won that game. We played better then. Our opponents are different tomorrow,” said Jose. “Pachuca change their tactics quite often and they also want to have a better result than they did last year, but I think we are more comfortable, because we know each other very well and we have the same 3-5-2 formation. “But the feeling for both of us is the same as both teams are eager to win tomorrow,” he added. Ronaldo with Corinthians Brazilian striker Ronaldo was officially unveiled by his new club Corinthians on Friday, but reminded fans that he still faced “a major challenge” to return to full fitness. The 32-year-old 1994 and 2002 World Cup winner and two-time European Footballer of the Year has not played this season following a career-threatening left knee injury on which he was operated in February. Months later his contract with Italian side AC Milan was not renewed. Having spent months training with top Brazilian side Flamengo in a bid to get back to form, Ronaldo stunned observers by signing for Corinthians. Reports said Ronaldo will earn a monthly salary of 127,000 euros for his one-year deal, not including bonuses from the sale of his image rights.
