DUBAI: The only thing that can be said with certainty as Africa looks forward to its Champions League final is that the trophy will be won by an Arab team.
But, then, it usually is, as Al-Ahly of Egypt and Wydad AC of Morocco, who meet in Sunday’s first leg in Cairo, know better than most.
This will mark the third time in seven editions that these two giants of African and Arab football have met with the trophy sitting on the sidelines.
They also locked horns in the semifinal of the 2020 edition when the Egyptians ran out comfortable winners. There have been 16 Arab champions in the last 25 years, and in that time there was only 2009 when none from the region reached the final.
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