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Al Ahly advance to Champions League final after win over Wydad Casablanca

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Egypt

Al Ahly are on course to win their ninth Caf Champions league title after beating Wydad Casablanca 3-1 in Cairo on Friday.

Ahly secured their ticket with a 5-1 aggregate victory having won the first leg in Morocco 2-0 last Saturday.

The Egyptians grabbed the lead just after seven minutes after a Marwan Mohsen efforts which was only validated after a lengthy VAR check.

Hussein El-Shahat then doubled the lead in the 26th minute before Wydad defender Yasser Ibrahim scored an own goal.

The tie between Zamalek and Raja was moved to November after a string of virus infections in the Raja camp.

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