FUS, AS FAR, and WAC resume African service this weekend. Fath will play on Sunday starting at 7 p.m. at the Moulay Abdellah Complex in Rabat against the Ivorian team Séwé San Pedro for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. As for Wydad and AS FAR, the two representatives of national football in the CAF Cup, they will play away from home for these first-leg matches of the round of 16. The Military will face the Tanzanian team Azam on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Dar es-Salaam, while the Reds will be in Maputo to play the Mozambican team Liga Muçulmana on Sunday at 5 p.m. FUS, the only local club in the running in this continental C1 after the early elimination of Moghreb Tétouan, will have a tough task ahead against this Ivorian opponent, a regular in the continental competition since 2006.

Aware of the difficulty of the task, FUS coach Jamal Sellami said he was confident and believes that qualification for the group stage will be decided to a high percentage during this first leg, which will be refereed by an Angolan refereeing trio. To do this, Benjelloun, Bahri, and company are required to pull out all the stops and seize every opportunity that arises to offer themselves, with a comfortable score, this Ivorian team, which is dangerous at home. During the two previous rounds, Séwé San Pedro had eliminated the Guinean clubs Horya Conakry and the Sudanese club Al Hilal, with large scores, moreover: 3-0 and 4-1.

In the CAF Cup, WAC will be tested by Liga Muçulmana, a match that will be refereed by Zimbabwean referees. The mission of the Casablancans, after a long air journey before reaching Maputo, will not be a simple task against a team qualified at the expense of the Nigerians of Lobi Stars, beaten 7 to 1.

WAC, which is going through a serious crisis, paid for in cash by being out of the running in the championship, is ordered to forget its miseries for the duration of this match in order to return home without damage.

Given the experience of the players, they are capable of putting things into perspective and playing their chances to the full in this explanation. This should dissipate the climate of tension that reigns in the house, knowing that a meeting was held the day before the trip between the leaders and the Pro group regarding outstanding salaries and bonuses.

Zaki will be able to count on his squad so that the team can find the path to recovery in this event, which is still missing from Wydad's record. As mentioned above, AS FAR will play against the Azam team at the national stadium in Dar es-Salaam. Under the leadership of Khairy, the Military have all the assets to be able to cross this hurdle, but on condition of negotiating this leg well in a stadium where several AS FAR players do not have good memories. It is up to them to reverse the trend and bring out the best in themselves as was the case during the Benghazi match against the Libyan team Annasr.