Menzi Magubane
Wydad Casablanca stunned Al Ahly to win their third ever CAF Champions League title on Monday night.
The Moroccans won 2-0, using their home advantage to deny the Egyptians from taking the Champions League trophy back home for the third consecutive seasons.
Zouheir El Moutaraji was the hero of the night with his two goals.
As expected it was the full house as fans came in numbers to watch the beautiful game. It took Moutraji 15 minutes to break the deadlock with a beautiful curler just outside the box.
The forward’s thunder strike left Ahly’s number one goalkeeper Mohammed El Shenawy with no chance and the goal was appreciated by the vocal Wydad supporters.
The reigning champions had a good ball position in the first half but they couldn’t utilise it as the stubborn Moroccans managed to take the lead to the halftime. In the second half the Egyptians tried to push for the equaliser but they couldn’t break Wydad’s strong defence.
Moutraji was back at it again as he scored yet again early in the second stanza. Ahly were left wide open while they were in search of the equaliser and they were caught and Moutaraji doubled the scoreline in the 48 minutes.
The defeat was Ahly’s coach Pitso Mosimane in the Champions League final since joining the Red Devils two seasons ago.
Mosimane would have made history if he managed to win this trophy again. He would have become the first coach to win the Champions League title three times in a row.
He is the only South African coach to win the Champions League three times.
He has won it twice with Ahly and his first was back in 2016 when he was still mentoring Mamelodi Sundowns.
But on Monday it wasn’t to be for him and the Moroccans are the 2021/22 season champions of Africa and they are likely to meet European champions Real Madrid in the upcoming Fifa Club World Cup.
