{"id":332815,"date":"2025-11-29T02:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T01:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=332815"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:51:44","slug":"wydad-casablanca-affirms-its-supremacy-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wydad-casablanca-affirms-its-supremacy-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Wydad Casablanca affirms its supremacy in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Wydad Athletic Club (WAC)<\/strong> continued its strong performance in the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup, securing a valuable yet hard-fought 0-1 victory against <strong>Azam FC<\/strong> in Zanzibar. This success, the second in two matches for the Moroccan giants, firmly places them at the top of Group B.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The match was a model of tactical management and organization, pitting the commitment of the Tanzanians against the discipline and experience of WAC. The first half, in particular, was marked by a fierce battle in midfield, where neither team managed to create clear chances, with Wydad&#8217;s defense proving particularly solid in neutralizing local attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The breakthrough came in the 57th minute, driven by veteran <strong>Nordin Amrabat<\/strong>. Returning from the locker room with increased intent, Wydad raised the tempo, finding more space and pushing Azam back into their own half. The opening goal was the culmination of a fluid and well-constructed play, which Amrabat finished with the composure characteristic of players of his caliber. Despite Azam&#8217;s growing pressure in the last twenty minutes, pushing for an equalizer and increasing set-piece opportunities, WAC&#8217;s central defenders displayed relentless authority in aerial duels, while the midfield locked down passing lanes.<\/p>\n<p>This victory gives Wydad a perfect start with six points in hand and solidifies its status as an early favorite for qualification. By controlling the pace, managing time, and maintaining possession in the opponent&#8217;s half towards the end of the match, Wydad demonstrated a maturity and continental know-how that travels well, even far from home. Moreover, the anticipated integration of star recruit Hakim Ziyech promises to be a major asset for the Red brigade, offering creativity and experience that could propel WAC back to the heights of the continent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">CAF  Confederation Cup: Amrabat offre 3 pr\u00e9cieux points au WAC \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5eUAOkV9kD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/5eUAOkV9kD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mountakhab.net (@Mountakhabma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mountakhabma\/status\/1994560270690390520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) continued its strong performance in the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup, securing a valuable yet hard-fought 0-1 victory against Azam FC in Zanzibar. This success, the second in two matches for the Moroccan giants, firmly places them at the top of Group B. The match was a model<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":332816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-332815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-non-classifiee"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332891,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332815\/revisions\/332891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}