- Al Ahly 1-1 Wydad Casablanca
Egypt’s Al Ahly settled for a 1-1 draw with Wydad Casablanca of Morocco during the first leg of the CAF Champions League final on Saturday at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.
Moamen Zakaria scored after just three minutes for the record eight-time African champions.
However, Wydad found the equalizer through their leading scorer Achraf Bencharki on 16 minutes.
Wydad host the return match next Saturday and are favoured to pocket the record $2.5 million winners’ prize given their home form on the continent this season.
The Moroccan outfit won all six home matches en route to the final, including a 1-0 last-eight victory over defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.
Apart from the record purse, the African champions qualify for the even more lucrative FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Wydad have featured in two previous Champions League finals, defeating Al Hilal of Sudan in 1992 and losing to Esperance of Tunisia six years ago.
