Ittihad Yacoub Al-Mansour defeats Wydad Sports Club in Casablanca

The Yacoub Al-Mansour Union team was able to achieve an important victory against its host, Wydad Athletic Club, with a score of 2-1, in the match that took place this Wednesday evening at the Mohammed V Complex in Casablanca, for the 17th round of the professional tournament.

Wydad Athletic Club finished the first half ahead with a clean goal scored by player Salah Mosaddeq in the ninth minute of the match, after offensive attempts that enabled the “Red” team to impose its advantage during the first half of the confrontation.

During the second half, Yacoub Al-Mansour's team succeeded in adjusting the score in the 63rd minute through player Zakaria Fati, before the 69th minute brought the second goal from friendly fire, after Amin Abu Al-Fath scored by mistake in his team's goal, so the match ended with a score of 2-1 in favor of Yacoub Al-Mansour.

In the last minutes of the match, Wydad Athletic Club tried to press with all its might and in all possible ways in order to change the balance and return the result, but all its attempts failed in the face of the guests’ desperate defense, so the confrontation ended with the defeat of the “Red” team on its field.

With this result, Yacoub Al-Mansour raised his score to 11 points in 15th place, while Wydad Athletic Club’s score froze at 31 points, occupying fourth place.