Throne Cup (Quarter-final): a Wydad/Raja de Casablanca derby with a number of stakes

by times news cr

2024-06-07 12:38:00

This avant-garde last will likely be fiercely contested, to the extent that the 2 protagonists will strategy it with various fortunes. If Raja Casablanca got here out empty-handed this season, Wydad is enjoying for a historic treble, after successful the Champions League and the Botola Professional D1 title. The Purple and Whites may even declare a quadruple in the event that they win the African Tremendous Cup in opposition to RS Berkane.

Raja, for his half, will attempt to decrease the harm and proceed the journey as a way to hope to carry this prestigious cup for the ninth time and equal the variety of coronations of the WAC.

On cloud 9 after its twenty second consecration in Botola, Wydad will attempt to take revenge after having already misplaced the final derby (0-2) in the course of the twenty fifth day.

Bodily freshness may also be decisive throughout this assembly, given the variety of matches performed this season by Walid Regragui’s protégés.

On this regard, the WAC coach had fielded a reshuffled group on the final day in opposition to FUS Rabat as a way to protect his gamers for this important assembly, whereas calling on his protégés to place apart the celebrations and deal with this match.

With a view to correctly put together for this quarter-final, Raja started, on Monday, a focus behind closed doorways in El Jadida after recovering a number of of its injured gamers, like defenders Jamal Harkas, Marouane El Hadhoudi and midfielder Mohamed El Mekaazi land.

Wydad and Raja had met 13 occasions within the Throne Cup. Raja had gained 6 occasions, in opposition to 5 victories for WAC, whereas two matches resulted in a draw.

Raja certified for the quarters after eliminating Raja Béni Mellal, whereas Wydad had ousted Chabab Mohammedia. The winner of this quarter-final will be a part of FUS Rabat and Youssoufia Berrechid within the final 4.

The opposite quarter-final will pit Renaissance Berkane and Al Mansouria Affiliation in opposition to one another on Thursday at 9:00 p.m.

The Royal Moroccan Soccer Federation introduced in a press launch that the quarter-final match of the Throne Cup between Wydad and Raja Casablanca will happen Thursday at 6:00 p.m. on the Larbi Zaouli stadium, with out an viewers, after the deterioration of the pitch of the Mohammed V Sports activities Complicated in Casablanca following the Wydad coronation celebrations in Botola.

2024-06-07 12:38:00

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