Report .. A historical knot reassures Zamalek at its Al Rajaa location

The Moroccan Raja faces a difficult confrontation against Zamalek in the second leg of the semi-finals of the CAF Champions League at the Cairo Stadium this Wednesday, after it was postponed from its original date for 11 days and after that more than one sufficient decision be made to set a suitable date.

Raja lost the first leg at home in Casablanca on 18 October with a clean goal, so Zamalek returned to Egypt with a positive result thanks to Moroccan Ashraf Bencharki, who scored the goal.

For Zamalek, it is enough to tie with any result to climb to the eighth final in its history in the Champions League, and go ahead in the tournament to regain the title absent since 2002, which was crowned after their victory over Raja in the final.

On the other hand, Raja remains clinging to the hope of achieving a “comeback” and snatching the last qualifying card from Cairo, winning (2-0) or winning by one goal, provided he manages to score at least two goals.

But what makes Raja’s mission difficult is that he failed to shake Zamalek’s net in all the matches that brought them together in the African Champions League, specifically three matches, the last of which was in the first leg of the semifinals of the current version. , who lost (0-1).

Raja previously faced Zamalek in the 2002 CAF Champions League final, where they drew in the first leg at Mohammed V Sports Complex, before losing in the second leg in Cairo with the famous goal from Tamer Abdel Hamid.

The only time Raja succeeded was the visit to Zamalek at the level of the Arab Champions League, “the current Arab championship”, and it was in the final price of the competition in 2006.

Raja at that time made up for his loss (0-2) against Zamalek in Morocco in the first leg of round 16 of the tournament, with a 3-0 win over the Whites in Cairo in the second leg, for break through in the competition that was crowned in the end at that time.

The Moroccan team has a bad history in their confrontations with the Egyptian clubs, during their 9 matches against them, Raja achieved only two wins in exchange for 4 draws and 3 losses.

The winner of Zamalek and Raja’s match is reported to face Al-Ahly, who eliminated Moroccan Wydad from the semi-finals, in the final match of the African Champions League on November 27.