Morocco’s Nahda Berkan won the CAF Confederation Cup by beating the South African Orlando Pirates 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after regulation and extra time in the final match held at Nigerian stadiums.

Caution dominated the start of the match between the two teams in terms of attack and risk aversion from the start of the attack and leaving gaps in the back line which limited the game to midfield with both teams striving to control the ball. .

Things improved in the last quarter of the first half as South Africa tried to pick up the pace of the game by relying on cross-field movement and reverse passes, while Morocco looked to establish a good position in the center of the field and provide depth of defense, so that the first the half ended in a draw.

At the start of the second half, it continued as it did in the first half, with the advantage of the South African team, when Mabasa came to the attacking line of the team instead of Bibra to activate the attack, and the goalkeeper of the Moroccan team played a big role in keeping clean, so the match ended in the same way, as it started in a draw, and both teams resorted to overtime.

In the 94th minute, there was video interference after Morocco were awarded a penalty from which Youssef Al-Fahli scored an offensive goal to retreat and try to keep this progress, while the South African team threw all their attacking cards and made three substitutions to activate the midfield and sides, and managed to score a goal. Lorsch Mayr, who equalized in the 117th minute, with a few minutes left, scored to take the opposition into a penalty shoot-out that smiled in favor of the Moroccan team 5-4 and crowned them with the league title.