Wydad Athletic Club held off pressure from CR Belouizdad to play to a barren draw at the Mohamed V Complex in Casablanca on Saturday and book a slot in the semi-final of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League with a 1-0 aggregate score.
The Moroccan giants had won 1-0 in the
Despite playing more than 83 minutes of the match with a man less, two-time winners Wydad Athletic Club beat home side CR Belouizdad 1-0 in the first leg of their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League quarter final encounter on Saturday.
Guy Mbenza scored 19 seconds into the second half and despite
CR Belouizdad became the seventh team to book a slot in the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League after seeing of CR Belouizdad 2-0 in Algiers on Saturday.
Sofiane Bouchar and Mohamed Belkhir scored for the Algerians in the first half as they moved to 11 points in
Kheiredine Merzougui struck a second half brace, the second goal coming in the third minute of added time as Algerian side CR Belouizdad beat Jwaneng Galaxy 2-1 in Francistown to move to second in Group B of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
Merzougui had broken the deadlock in the 77th
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