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CAF Champions League: An easy task for Wydad, the champion in charge, and the “Death” group is entirely Arab

Cairo: the task of Wydad Casablanca, champion in charge, he will be relatively easy in the group stage of the African Champions League of football, as Monday’s draw placed him alongside Angolan Petro Atletico, Algerian JS Kabylie and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Vita Club. And the “Wydad El Omma” had won the title of the last edition by beating 2-0 in final at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca the Al-Ahly of Egypt, which is the third title of club after 1992 and 2017. The Moroccan atmosphere overshadowed the World Cup draw process. It was attended by Moroccan international Ghizlan El Chebbak, who led her team, the Royal Army, to the CAF Women’s Champions League title for the first time in their history, alongside ex-Tunisian internationals Magdi Trawi and goalkeeper Ayman Mathlouthi, as well as to former Angolan Egyptian star Flavio Amadou, who won the competition title 3 times. The draw led to a real Arab clash in the fourth “death” group, which included Esperance, Tunisian champion for the last six seasons, with Egyptian Zamalek, holder of the Egyptian League championship for the last two seasons, Shabab Belouizdad, Champion Algerian in the last three seasons, and Sudanese Mars. For the fifth consecutive season, the confrontation between Al-Ahly of Egypt, 10 times champion (a record), and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, the 2016 champions, as the draw put them face-to-face in Pool Two with Al-Hilal, the champions of Sudan, and Coton Sport of Cameroon. The second representative of Morocco, Raja Casablanca, three times champion in loaded, it has arrived in a balanced group, the third with Horoya Conakry from Guinea and Simba from Tanzania, and the newcomer in the competition, the Ugandan Vipers, who gave the via to a heavy-caliber surprise by overthrowing DR Congo’s Mazembe from the round of 16, after beating them on penalties 4-2, drawing negatively in home and in away. The clashes will begin on the 10th of next February, and the tournament will end with the holding of the final phase with the home and away system, after canceling the single game system, and the champion will receive 3.5 million dollars, and the runner -up will receive $1.75 million. Here are the results of the draw: Group A: Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Petro Atletico (Angola), JS Kabylie (Algeria), Vita Club (DRC). Group B: Al-Ahly (Egypt), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Al-Hilal (Sudan), Coton Sport (Cameroon). Group C: Raja Casablanca (Morocco), Horoya Conakry (Guinea), Simba (Tanzania), Vipers (Uganda). Group D: Esperance (Tunisia), Zamalek (Egypt), Belouizdad Youth (Algeria), Merreikh (Sudan). (AFP)

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