Nahdet Berkane keeps the African Confederation Cup Moroccan for the third consecutive season

Nahdet Berkane refused to take the CAF Confederation Cup title out of Morocco, and crowned it for the second time in the last three seasons, by defeating Orlando Pirates of South Africa 5-4 on penalties, after they tied in the original time negatively and in the extra 1-1 yesterday at the stadium. Goodswill Akbabio" in Oyo, Nigeria.

The original time ended in a goalless draw, and then the Moroccan team thought that it had settled the match when it took the lead in the 97th minute through a penalty kick scored by Youssef Al-Fahli, but Orlando Pirates benefited from a fatal defensive error to equalize in the 117th minute through Thembinkosi Lorch, who was the owner of the only missed penalty kick for his team after Repelled by the goalkeeper Hamza Al-Hamayani.

This is the second title for "Barakna" after the first in 2020, and the team reached the 2019 final in its first continental participation before losing to Egyptian Zamalek on penalties.

The number of Moroccan club titles in the competition rose to three in a row and seven in total, after the Royal Army (2005), Al-Fath Rabat (2010), Moroccan Fassi (2011), Raja (2018 and 2021) and Renaissance Berkane (2020 and 2022).

The trio of Moroccan captain Mohamed Aziz, Bakr Al-Hilali and Al-Arabi Al-Naji also won their second title in the competition, as they were among the golden generation that won the title two years ago, as well as the Throne Cup (2018).

On the other hand, Orlando Pirates suffered a second loss in the final of the competition after the first in 2015 against Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia.

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