What do Al-Ahly and Musimani want to face Wydad?

Al-Ahly enters the Moroccan match Wydad Casablanca, which is scheduled to be held at the “Mohammed V” stadium in the Moroccan capital, “Casablanca”, tomorrow Saturday, and the goal is to come out with a positive result from the first leg of the semi-finals of the African Champions League competition, in light of another appointment in Cairo. On the 24th of this month.

Al-Ahly are looking for the ninth African title in their history, since the Egyptian champion has not achieved the continental championship since the 2013 edition, specifically after defeating the South African team Orlando Pirates (3-1) on aggregate of the two games of round trip.

Before the start of Saturday’s battle, “Yalla Koura” reviews Al-Ahly’s most outstanding goals at Wydad Casablanca:

Final Vendetta 2017:

In the final of the CAF Champions League (2017), Al-Ahly faced their rival, Wydad Casablanca, Morocco, but this confrontation did not go in favor of the Egyptian representative after the draw at the “Burj Al Arab” from Alexandria with a score of (1-1) in a match in which the Moroccan and current Zamalek player Ashraf Bencharki scored the equalizer. .

The second leg Al-Ahly was unsuccessful in compensation, so the Moroccan team, Wydad, the workers of the land and the public, to achieve the result of victory with an unanswered goal came through Walid Al- Karti, who will be present in a large percentage in Saturday’s game.

Al-Ahly seeks revenge for losing the final of the edition (2017), especially since the red team failed in the final of the next edition, defeating Esperance, with a score of (4-3), in the aggregate of the two home and away matches.

Opportunity available:

South African coach Pitso Musimane, coach of the Al-Ahly team, has a chance to avenge team Wydad Casablanca as well, as the former Sundowns coach did not do well against the Moroccan giants, especially in the round of 16.

The start of Musimani’s confrontations against Wydad dates back to the 2017 edition, specifically in the quarterfinals, where the result of the first match was in favor of Sundowns with an unanswered goal, before Wydad responded with the same result. be the penalties in favor of the Moroccan champion after winning the score (3-2).

In the next edition, Wydad tied the Sundowns with an unanswered goal in the group stage in South Africa, before the Moroccan team won with an unanswered goal in the second match.

Sundowns in 2019 and under the leadership of Musimani, the latter achieved their first victory with two goals to one in South Africa before losing in the second leg in Morocco with an unanswered goal in the group stage.

And in the semifinals of the last CAF Champions League, Wydad Casablanca booked the pass for the final after beating Sundowns by two goals to one with the aggregate of the two first leg matches.

The last meeting was in the current edition of the group stage, where Sundowns drew away from home before the South African champions won 1-0.

In the end, the result of Musimani’s confrontations with Wydad is his departure from the exclusive roles, particularly in the (2017) and (2019) editions.

Musimane is also looking to regain the African Champions League title after previously winning the continental title with Sundowns at Zamalek’s expense in the final (2016).

Rage scenario replay:

Al-Ahly had previously faced Moroccan Wydad Casablanca in copies (2011), (2016) and (2017) 8 times, including four matches in Morocco.

In Morocco in particular, Al-Ahly faced the Moroccan champions on four occasions in which Al-Ahly only achieved victory in the 2016 edition with a goal that came through Rami Rabia.

Result of Al-Ahly in their clashes against Wydad in Morocco, winning a match against a draw with a score of (1-1) in a match of the 2011 edition, losing twice in the (2017) version of the phase of groups and the final match with a score of (2-0) and (1-0), respectively.