The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is flirting with the Zamalek team hours before facing its Moroccan counterpart, RS Berkane, in the second leg of the African Confederation of Nations final, in the match that will be held at Cairo Stadium at eight o’clock this evening, Cairo time.
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Zamalek opened its journey in the Confederation by defeating Arta Solar, the Djibouti champion, by losing in the first leg by two goals without a response, then winning the return leg by four goals to one to advance to the group stage, during which the White Knight defeated Abu Salim of Libya with a goal without a response, then over Sowar of Guinea by four goals without a response, then over Sagrada of Angola. With a goal without a response, then a goalless draw with the champion of Angola, then it won against Abu Salim Al-Liby with two goals to one, then its match with Sawar Al-Ghani was canceled to qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament, and it faced Modern Future, and it won the first leg with two goals to one, then it tied in the return leg with a goal for each team to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament, and it tied 0-0 in a match. Going against Ghana's Dreams in Cairo, then winning by three in Ghana to qualify for the final of the tournament, then losing to RS Berkane by two goals to one in the first leg of the final match in Morocco.
The two teams had previously met in the final match of the Confederation Cup in 2019, which the white team won in its favor via penalty kicks after the end of the return and first leg matches in a positive draw with a goal to the same, while the first leg match in the final of the current edition ended with Zamalek losing by two goals to one.