AS FAR – Al Ahly: Match spirals uncontrolled in Morocco!
CAF Champions League / AS FAR – Al Ahly: The match descends into chaos in Morocco!
The second matchday in Group B of the CAF Champions League delivered a fiery spectacle in Rabat, the place AS FAR hosted Al Ahly in a stadium brimming with pressure. After a defeat in Tanzania towards Younger Africans, the Moroccans made their intentions crystal clear earlier than kickoff: “We win or we win”—an announcement that completely mirrored the depth they dropped at the pitch. Their willpower paid off when Mouhcine Bouriga opened the scoring within the thirty seventh minute, however Trezeguet leveled for Al Ahly shortly after halftime, within the 68th minute.
However past the soccer, the match was overshadowed by a really surreal second. After a number of water bottles have been hurled from the stands, a fan threw… a paint rake onto the pitch. Thankfully, nobody was struck. As Al Ahly gamers tried to retrieve the item to indicate it to the officers, some AS FAR gamers tried to cover it, sparking a mass altercation. Cameras caught the incident as a Moroccan participant finally hid the merchandise—too late to keep away from controversy.
With lower than a month to go till the 2025 AFCON hosted in Morocco, this incident raises critical issues concerning the environment that might encompass the event. Al Ahly now plans to file an official criticism to CAF, difficult the refereeing however above all denouncing these excesses. On the sporting entrance, each Al Ahly and Younger Africans have 4 factors every, whereas JSK and AS FAR stay on 1 level.