Teams are looking for titles and celebrations, while other teams are already thinking about their next season’s signings. Uri Levy with the top headlines from Middle Eastern football this week.
CAF Champions League semifinals’ first legs between Wydad Casablanca to Al-Ahly Cairo and Raja Casablanca to Zamalek, have exposed the Egyptian advantage over the Moroccans in fitness, squad-depth and the ability to accelerate in empty stadiums.
Morocco: Botola Pro final day was thrilling as a title race of three teams can be. Raja Casablanca, Wydad Casablanca, RS Berkane. In the end, the green eagles have won the championship after seven years, after complete havoc and drama.
Al-Ahly, Zamalek, Raja and Wydad. African football doesn’t get any better than this. An emergency in Jerusalem and a good-feel act in Jordan where the 2020 season just kicked off. Uri with his weekly football dose of the region.
The African continent is preparing for the best ever CAF Champions League knockout, and the Egyptian, Moroccan and Tunisian teams are all for the big prize. Can one of the MENA representative go all the way?
