Olympic Safi in the USMA test

The Olympic Safi team will be a heavy guest on the Algerian club, USM Algiers, tomorrow, Saturday, starting at five o’clock in the evening, Moroccan time, in a match in which the Moroccan football representative in the African Confederation Cup football competition aspires to achieve a positive result away from home, which will enhance his chances of reaching the final stage before the return match in Safi.

Shark Mesfioui is living in the rhythm of defining moments in its football history, after well-deservedly qualifying for the semi-finals of the African Confederation Cup, where it will seek to continue its continental adventure by achieving an achievement that it has not achieved before since its founding in 1921, facing its Algerian opponent, who knows very well its capabilities. He had previously faced him in the group stage.

In preparation for this anticipated continental clash, Olympique Safi entered a closed camp before departing for Algeria, led by its Tunisian coach, Mohamed Shukri Al-Khatti, during which the focus was on preparing the players physically, tactically, and mentally to enter this confrontation with full readiness, with the hope of obtaining a positive result that would facilitate their mission in the return match on the field of Al-Masirah Stadium on Sunday, April 19, at seven o’clock in the evening.

Olympique Safi’s journey towards the semi-finals was not a bed of roses, as it faced a difficult test in the quarter-finals against Wydad Athletic Club in a purely Moroccan derby, which it decided in its favor after the two-legged matches ended in a draw (1-1 and 2-2), and thus it crossed into the semi-finals, causing a heavy-caliber surprise.

This achievement reflects the extent of technical discipline and outstanding mental focus that the players of the Mesfioui club enjoy in the continental competition, and puts it in a position of strength before facing USM, carrying with it the hopes of Moroccan football in winning a new continental title.

The technical staff of the Olympic Safi team recalls one of its most prominent players in this match, and it is the striker Imad Al-Khanous, who was complaining of an injury, which forced him to be absent during the last matches in the professional tournament, which will increase the level of effectiveness of the Misfioui attacking line alongside Salah Al-Din Al-Rhouli and Moussa Kony.

Since the group stage, and specifically in its final rounds, coach Shukri Al-Khatti’s battalion has gradually gained confidence. Despite the “bumps” that the team faced at the local level, which was evident in the change of the technical staff with the departure of Zakaria Aboub following fluctuating results in the professional tournament, the team remained loyal to its continental goal.