The fans left their Casablanca homes on Sunday and filled Stade Mohamed V hours before kick off to make a huge amount of noise but they drifted away in silence as Al-Ahly defeated Wydad AC to win their 11th African champions League title.
After the first leg in Cairo a week earlier ended with a 2-1 win for the Egyptians, for much of the second leg, the Moroccan hosts were leading 1-0 and heading for a second successive title win.
A late equaliser from Mohamed Abdelmomen however meant that the return match ended 1-1 to give the Red Giants a 3-2 aggregate win.
As well as continental title number 11, it gave Al-Ahly revenge after losing in last year’s final to the same team. Africa's showpiece was as hard-fought but more bad-tempered than the European version 24 hours earlier and with fewer goal mouth incidents to talk about.