RS Berkane ascends to the final of the Confederation Cup

The Moroccan team, Nahdet Berkane, qualified for the final of the CAF Cup after their victory on Monday over compatriot Hassania Agadir, by two goals to one, in the semifinal round that was played in a decisive match played by the Sports Complex Prince Moulay Abdallah in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.

Nahdet Berkane’s goals came via two penalties from Mohamed Aziz in the 20th and 61st minutes, while Imad Kimawi scored Agadir’s only goal in the 30th minute of the first half.

Thus, Nahdet Berkane will face the winner of the second semifinal in the final, which will be played on Tuesday between the Pyramids of Egypt and Houria of Guinea, at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca.

The Al-Barakani team lost last season’s final to Egypt’s Zamalek 4-5 on penalties, after they exchanged the victory with a clean goal back and forth.

The Hassania Agadir team fought the match loaded with absences due to the infection of several of its players with the new Corona virus, since it asked that the match be postponed, but the African Union (CAF) rejected its request due to the pressure of the calendar.

Defenders Yassin Al-Rami and Jamal Chamakh, midfielders Abdelali Al-Khanboubi, Karim Ait Mohamed and forward Mohamed Asmoun were absent from coach Mostafa O’Sharif’s squad, while the absence of forward Malik Sisi was confirmed through injury.

Coach Usharif had top scorer Karim El Berkawi (the competition’s top scorer with 8 goals), who will leave next Wednesday to join his new team, Saudi pioneer Mahdi Obela and goalkeeper Abdul Rahman Al Hawasli, who is returning from an injury.

On the other hand, Mauritanian midfielder, Adama Ba, missed Berkane’s team, and coach Tariq Saktiwi adopted his usual squad led by goalkeeper Zuhair Laaroubi and Burkini Yusuf Daewoo ahead, Omar al-Austrian in the middle with Zaid Krouch. explicit.

The preference was for Borkan, who was effective and threatened Al-Hawasli’s goal first with a header from Aziz, who overcame the crossbar (5), and in the 15th minute, Yajour was blocked by Sofiane Boftini inside the region , so the Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ngambo calculated a penalty kick after referring to the technique of the video assistant referee. “AR”, specialist Aziz approached her and pointed her towards the left corner, and Al-Hawasli he could not block it even though he had touched it before entering (20).

The “Al-Susi” team abandoned their warning and tied at ten minutes when Opella sent the ball from a free kick, Daewoo tried to push it back with his head to reach Imad, a chemist far from control.

Yajur scored with a header, but the referee canceled it after reviewing the technique to infiltrate Daewoo (39).

The Al-Nahda team continued to dominate in the second half, completely alone for Asheri, but shot over the goal (47), and the referee awarded a second penalty to the orange team for a hand on Amin Siddiqui. Aziz approached her and recorded her to the right of Al-Hawasli, who came close to addressing her (61).

Borkan Renaissance continued to dominate the flow, while Al-Hassania tried again to reach Laaroubi’s goal without success.