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Wydad eliminate Sundowns with a fatal goal… and last year’s final is repeated

May 20, 2023

The first leg at the Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca ended 0-0, so Wydad qualified for the final match, based on the rule of calculating the away goal with two goals, for set a date with Al-Ahly of Egypt in the final match. .

Thus, the CAF Champions League final will be repeated for the second consecutive year with the same two teams, after Wydad Casablanca won the title last year at the expense of Al-Ahly with two clear goals.

On Friday night, the Egyptian from Al-Ahly booked his place in the final of the African Champions League competition for the fourth consecutive season, after renewing their victory over hosts Espérance de Tunis 1-0 , in Cairo, in the second leg. of the semi-final of the continental championship.

The first leg in Radès marked the 3-0 superiority of the Egyptian team.

Al-Ahly holds the record for the number of titles in the championship, with ten titles.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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