CAIRO, Egypt
Record champions Al Ahly and Morocco’s Raja Casablanca face off in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for a second consecutive season, after the two North African giants were paired in Wednesday evening’s draw.
The two sides also faced off
at the same stage last season with the Egyptians winning 3-2 on aggregate after
a 2-1 victory at home and a 1-1 draw in Casablanca.
Raja, who are unbeaten in the
competition this season, will be out to exact revenge on Ahly, who squeezed
through to the last eight on the last day of the group stages.
Ahly will host the first leg
in Cairo.
Meanwhile, defending
champions Wydad Casablanca will face off with Tanzanian side Simba
SC, with the first leg set to be staged in Dar es Salaam.
Simba will be familiar with
the surroundings in Casablanca, as they face off with Wydad’s arch-nemesis Raja
in the group stages, losing 3-1.
The last meeting between these
two sides was in the 2011 season in a special play-off match, Wydad winning
3-0.
In other fixtures, 2016
champions Mamelodi Sundowns will continue their campaign for a second
title with the first leg of their quarter final in Algeria against CR
Belouizdad.
Another Algerian side, JS
Kabylie, will host Esperance of Tunisia in the first leg of the fourth
quarter final duel, another enticing North African duel.
The quarter-finals are
scheduled for the weekend of April 21-22 and the return fixtures a week later.
The semis will be played on
May 12-13 with the second leg a week later.
Full TotalEnergies CAF
Champions League Draw
QF1. Simba SC vs Wydad
Athletic
QF2. Al Ahly vs Raja Club
Atjletic
QF3. CR Belouizdad vs Mamelodi
Sundowns
QF4. JS Kabylie vs Esperance
du Tunis
Semi finals
QF4 vs QF2
QF1 vs QF3
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