Rabat Morocco is the destination for every African club football fan is headed to this Sunday May 24th a day before the continent celebrates Africa Day, as the Caf champions league final reaches its apex, with the 2nd leg encounter set to be played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium.
The stadium inaugurated less than a year ago on September 5th, 2025, with a capacity of over 68 thousand fans is set to conclude the biggest club football encounter on the continent, and what a way to prepare the facility as it will also host matches in the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Mamelodi Sundowns carry a 1nil advantage going into the 2nd leg from the 1st leg encounter a week prior in Pretoria courtesy of an Aubrey Modiba beauty, and AS FAR know the task at hand as they count themselves lucky to be carrying a 1 goal deficit as Sundowns missed chances that had they found the back of the net the deficit would have been more.
The Tshwane giants are looking for continental redemption having been coming close the past seasons, the closest being last season when they lost in the final to Egyptian outfit Pyramids fc.
And with coach Miguel Cardoso at the dugout in his 3rd consecutive champions league final the 1st with the team he eliminated in the semifinals in ES Tunis and 2 with his current Mamelodi Sundowns, Lady luck ought to make it is 3rd time lucky.
With both coaches all being of Portuguese heritage coach Miguel Cardoso and Alexander Santos, the match is further heightened as both would want to get the better of each other and obviously Lisbon the Portuguese capital would be watching closely as to how their football tacticians will play out.
Every encounter between Mamelodi Sundowns and a northern has the entire continent excited and ignites enormous interest and this one is no different considering its the final, and with upgrade in football infrastructure on the continent in recent years club football competition is getting more competitive more interesting to watch and follow.
If one looks at the facility that hosted the 1st leg encounter in Pretoria, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, it’s a beauty to watch and one hopes the upward trajectory continues in the same vein and African football can attract more investment in sponsors and audiences grows as the most loved across the beautiful motherland is football.
With news that the match penultimate fixture in Rabat is set to be broadcast in over a 100 territories across the globe,all can attest the continued surge in development and appeal of African club.
Amongst some of the territories is China,Japan, South Korea who will get to watch the match live,giving a platform for players to market themselves as well as for the continent to change narratives the world has always associated it with.
Kudos to the Caf hierarchy for a stellar job that’s bringing visibility and igniting interest in the game on the continent from other places.
It is countdown to Rabat as Africa’s elite clubs battle it out for continental glory and etch their names into African football folklore, and it will be on at 21:00 HRS South African standard time.
