The Wydad AC team has the biggest game of the season coming up at the weekend – and the Moroccan giants decided to escape the Casablanca noise to prepare the best way they can for Sunday’s CAF Champions League final second leg against Al Ahly.The Egyptian side holds a 2-1 lead following the first leg in Cairo, and Sven Vanderbroek’s team is in with a chance to retain the trophy they lifted last year.Bamlak Tessema Weyesa from Ethiopia will officiate the CAF Champions League final return leg game between Wydad and Al Ahly in Casablanca this weekend. 🇲🇦🇪🇬It will be the 43-year-old’s final game in charge as a referee as he’s going to retire from officiating. Decision made and… pic.twitter.com/iqcrV9ELEB— Micky Jnr ✪ (@MickyJnr__) June 5, 2023 Vanderbroek granted his players a day off on Monday before the team returned for an open training session at their Complexe Mohamed Benjelloun in Casablanca. The Reds will move to training complex Mohammed VI on Thursday and will train there until matchday. Located some 120 kilometres away from Casablanca, the complex will offer the team some much-needed peace and quiet ahead of the big encounter.Although usually a place for the Moroccan national team to train, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation always grants access of its training centre for the clubs representing the country in CAF competitions.##NAJAVA_MECA_7306522##The spirits are high in the CAFCL holders’ camp. Captain Yahua Jabrane was spotted encouraging his teammates and convincing them they can turn around the first-leg deficit at their 45,891-capacity Stade Mohammed V. All tickets have been sold out.Al Ahly knows how to win, but Red Castle is hard to conquer! Wydad score a precious away goal to stay in the finalThe Al Ahly delegation will arrive in Morocco on Thursday. They have arranged a private jet for the 4,500 kilometres, five-and-a-half-hour flight.CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUEFinal, second legSunday21.00: Wydad – Al Ahly /first leg: 1-2/
