Showing posts with label 2017 CAF Champions League Final. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 CAF Champions League Final. Show all posts

Saturday, November 04, 2017

WYDAD CASABLANCA KNOCK OFF AL-AHLY TO WIN AFRICAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

At Casablanca, Morocco:

Walid El Karti scored the only goal of the match in the 69th minute on Saturday as Wydad Casablanca defeated visiting Al-Ahly 1-0 in game two of the CAF Champions League Final and captured the African club title 2-1 on aggregate.

The championship was the Moroccan club's second, their first since 1992.

Wydad will play in next month's FIFA Club World Cup, set to take place in the United Arab Emirates.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

CAF Champions League Final: Wydad Casablanca Gain Series-Opening 1-1 Road Draw With Al-Ahly

At Alexandria, Egypt:

In Saturday's opening match of the CAF Champions League, Achraf Bencharki's equalizer in the 16th minute lifted Morocco's Wydad Casablanca to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Al-Ahly.

Momen Zakaria scored for the Egyptian club in the third minute.

The series is set to conclude next Saturday at Casablanca, Morocco with the winner advancing to the FIFA Club World Cup, scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates in December.

Al-Ahly has won a record eight African continental club championships while Wydad Casablanca's lone title came in 1992 (this is their first appearance in the Final since 2011).