A Moroccan summit between the army and Nahdet Berkane

Moroccan football continues to confirm its presence and distinguished continental glow through the football summit, which will bring together tomorrow evening, Saturday, on the municipal stadium in Berkane, the local club Ennahda and the Royal Army, in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-final, where the competition will be open to obtain the honor of representing Moroccan football in the final scene of this prestigious continental competition.

It is expected that this confrontation will take place on a hot plate, as the Royal Army team will aspire to confirm its superiority in the first leg with two unanswered goals and reserve a ticket to the final, while RS Berkane seeks to turn the tables and confirm its presence in the final match by taking advantage of the ground staff and the audience.

Winning the first leg gives the Royal Army team a relative advantage before the return leg, but this does not negate Nahdet Berkane’s ambition to reserve a place in the final.

In a match that is expected to witness a clear tactical competition between two different styles, RS Berkane is expected to rely on an offensive approach based on high pressure and imposing rhythm from the beginning, while diversifying offensive solutions in search of scoring an early goal, while the Royal Army is expected to adopt a more balanced playing system, based on defensive organization and exploiting spaces through quick counterattacks.

Al-Zaeem enters this confrontation with ambition that goes beyond qualification itself, as he seeks to restore his continental glories and return to the podium after a long absence of more than four decades, which gives the match a special historical dimension in the path of the Royal Army team.

In this context, team coach Alexander Santos stressed, in a press statement, the importance of dealing with the return match with great focus, stressing that the team has not yet decided on the qualification ticket, and that caution and tactical discipline will remain the keys to passing to the final, especially against a team with growing continental experience such as RS Berkane.

On the other hand, RS Berkane aspires to continue its upward trajectory on the continent, and reach the Champions League final for the first time in its history, relying on the experience it has accumulated in recent years through its successive participations and wins in the African Confederation competitions on more than one occasion.

In this context, RS Berkane coach Moin Chaabani expressed, in a similar statement, his confidence in his team’s ability to come back in the result, pointing out that the loss in the first leg does not reflect the team’s true level, and that the matter of qualifying for the final will be decided on the field of the municipal stadium in Berkane, where the players will benefit from the support of their fans, stressing the need to be effective offensively from the first minutes.