Staff Reporter.
Wydad clinched today a 2-1 victory against Mamelodi Sundowns in the first leg of the African Football League Final at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca.
In the seventh minute upon the start, Wydad’s winger Montasser Lahtimi was on the brink of opening the scoring for his team, but the defense intervened on time to shield their goal.
In the 41st minute, however, the same player attempted a pass which Sundowns defender Rivaldo Coetzee deflected to score an own goal, thus ending the first half 1-0 for Wydad.
In the second half, Sundowns managed to bounce back and tie the scoring from a penalty spot in the 74th minute.
Less than five minutes later, Wydad’s midfielder Anas Serrhat sent a powerful ball which left no room for the goalkeeper Ronwen Williams to save it, to earn Wydad a second goal.
For the remainder of the second half, both sides had been attacking and putting pressure on each other, but the Moroccan team managed to maintain the score and clinch victory of the competition’s first-leg final.
The second-leg final of this new competition is set to take place on November 12, and will be played at Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in South Africa.