{"id":20041,"date":"2025-09-22T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20041"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:00:15","slug":"moroccan-star-lamlioui-rescues-berkane-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=20041","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan star Lamlioui rescues Berkane in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
Star Moroccan striker Oussama Lamlioui equalised as Renaissance Berkane drew 1-1 away to ASC Kara of Togo on Sunday in their CAF Champions League debut.<\/p>\n

Berkane have been consistently outstanding in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup, reaching five finals from 2019 and winning a record-equalling three.<\/p>\n

Last season, the Orange Boys from the citrus-growing north east of Morocco won the national league for the first time since the club was founded in 1938.<\/p>\n

That achievement earned them a ticket to the premier African club competition and, despite their inexperience in the Champions League, they are already rated among the title favourites.<\/p>\n

But it was Kara, champions of a country that has never reached the group phase, who scored first through Amoudane Ouro-Ayeva two minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

But Lamlioui, a key figure when Morocco won the African Nations Championship (CHAN) a record third time in Nairobi last month, struck on 77 minutes to restore parity.<\/p>\n

Lamlioui scored with an audacious long-range shot to give Morocco a 3-2 victory over Madagascar in the CHAN final.<\/p>\n

It was his chart-topping sixth goal of a tournament reserved for footballers playing in their country of birth, and confirmed Lamlioui as one of the best strikers in Africa.<\/p>\n

Berkane host the second leg of the first round qualifier on Saturday and are expected to win and advance to a probable showdown with Al Ahly Tripoli of Libya for a place in the group stage.<\/p>\n

– Pirates sink Lioli –<\/p>\n

Morocco are among 12 countries who, based on rankings, are permitted two Champions League entrants and FAR Rabat built a 2-0 lead over Real Banjul of Gambia.<\/p>\n

It was a home fixture for Banjul but staged in Rabat because Gambia has no international-standard stadium.<\/p>\n

Only one of the semi-finalists from last season was in action with Orlando Pirates of South Africa outplaying Lioli from Lesotho in the second half to win 3-0 with Tshegofatso Mabasa netting twice.<\/p>\n

Champions Pyramids will start their title defence on October 1 as they are involved in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.<\/p>\n

Runners-up Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and losing semi-finalists Al Ahly of Egypt received byes into the final qualifying round during October as they currently are the top ranked African clubs.<\/p>\n

Tanzania are a rising force at club level and both Young Africans and Simba won on the road to virtually secure progress to the last-32 round.<\/p>\n

It was a mixed weekend for Simba as, after edging Gaborone United 1-0 in Botswana, their South African coach Fadlu Davids resigned amid reports that he will join Moroccan club Raja Casablanca.<\/p>\n

Elie Mpanzu was the 16th-minute match-winner for Simba, who lost to Berkane in the 2024-25 Confederation Cup final.<\/p>\n

Young Africans triumphed 3-0 against debutants Wiliete in Angola with Zimbabwean Prince Dube completing the rout eight minutes from full-time.<\/p>\n

In the most one-sided first leg, Stade Malien of Mali trounced Tempete Mocaf of the Central African Republic 5-0 with Ousmane Coulibaly bagging a brace.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Star Moroccan striker Oussama Lamlioui equalised as Renaissance Berkane drew 1-1 away to ASC Kara of Togo on Sunday in their CAF Champions League debut. Berkane have been consistently outstanding in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup, reaching five finals from 2019 and winning a record-equalling three. Last season, the Orange Boys from the citrus-growing north […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}