Preview: Wydad Athletic Club vs Kaiser Chiefs

Venue: Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco

Referee

34-year-old Senegalese Maguette Ndiaye will be in charge of the first leg in Morocco with Bakary Papa Gassama of Gambia in charge of VAR. Ndiaye officiated the quarter finals first leg match between Ahly and Sundowns in Egypt when Ahly won 2-0. At the FIFA World club championship, he officiated Al Ahly vs Palmeiras this year.

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H2H

In group C of this years CCL,WAC disintegrated The Amakhosi by 4-0 in Casablanca and lost the reverse fixture at The Soccer City by Bernard Parker’s 48th-minute goal.

Managers

Wydad Athletic Club

At 71 years of age, the old man is still strong. Fauozi Benzarti is an old campaigner on the African soil. He has had multiple spells with uncountable teams in his career; six stints at Etoile du Sahel, 3 different spells with his hometown club US Monastair, he has managed the Tunisian national team on three seperate times, 5 stints with Esperance, once the manager of Raja Casablanca, this is his second spell with WAC of Morocco. He was in charge of WAC when the disgraceful VAR brouhaha in the 2019 finals against Esperance ensued. The second leg was abandoned and the trophy was awarded to Esperance.

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He Won the 1994 CCL with Esperance when they defeated Zamalek 3-1 on aggregate.He has been twice the runner up in the CCL. He has won 9 Tunisian league titles.

Kaiser Chiefs

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Stuart Baster knows a thing or two about African football. This is his second time the Englishman has become the manager for the Amakhosi. He has had 2 stints with the Bafana Bafana. He eliminated the Pharaohs at their own backyard during the 2019 AFCON. He has also managed Supersport Utd .These two managers know how to win on this continent.

Recent Form

The Amakhosi surprisingly finished 8th in the just ended DSTV Premier League.Wydad are leading Raja Casablanca by 3 points in the Botola.

Team News

WAC will likely go for 4-5-1
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti will certainly be in the post.

Defenders

Ayoub El Amroud will get the nod at Right backYahia Attiyat Allah will be at the left back
Achraf Dari and Amine Abdoul Fath will play as the Center backs

Midfielders

Yahya Jabrane and El Hassouni will give the needed cover to the defence from the midfield.
Mouhammed Ounajem,Muaid Ellafi and the skipper Walib El karti will serve as the playmakers.
Ayoub El Karbi will lead the attack for WAC.

Kaizer Chiefs

Stuart Baxter according to multiple reports will go for 4-3-3Bruce Bvuma will get the nod at the expense of Daniel Akpeyi.

Defenders

Zulu, Cardozo, Mathoho, Frosler will complete his back four.

Midfield

Katsande will sit deep to shield the defence.
Ngcobo and Bernard Parker will complete the midfield trio.Manyama, Nurkovic, and Leonardo Castro will look forward to at least score a goal for the Amakhosi.