The African Football League semi-finals are balanced on a knife edge after Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Wydad Casablanca of Morocco built 1-0 first-leg leads at home on Sunday.When Sundowns and Ahly clashed at the CAF Champions League group stage last March in Pretoria, the South Africans triumphed 5-2.
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Goalkeeper Youssef El Motie carried the hero’s tag of the night, saving two penalties as defending champions Wydad Athletic Club beat Tanzania’s Simba SC 4-3 on post-match penalties to make the semi-final of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
The game had to be decided from 12 yards out after Wydad
Defending champions Wydad Athletic Club moved top of Group A of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League after edging out AS Vita Club 1-0 at a loud Mohamed V Complex in Casablanca on Friday evening.
Mohamed Ounajem’s deflected strike, later credited as a Guy Magema's own goal, was the difference in