2013 African Champions League: Baptism of fire for FUS and MAT

The opponents of Moghreb Tétouan and FUS Rabat in the 2013 version of the African Champions League are known. FUS will host the Gambian club Real Banjul this Friday, February 15, while MAT, the reigning champion of Morocco, will host Casa Sports of Senegal on Saturday, February 16, at the Saniat Rmel stadium. Thus, the two representatives of national football who are playing this competition for the first time in their history will be forced to honour their participation and also save the face of national football, which is in crisis after the premature exit of the national A team in the first round of the 2013 CAN. This weekend, they will have to roll up their sleeves, because the two African opponents are endowed with great experience in terms of continental competitions. Furthermore, eight teams were exempted from the preliminary round. These are the Egyptian formations of Al Ahly, t…