Moroccan club Renaissance Berkane is set to host Egyptian side Zamalek on Sunday in the CAF Confederation Cup final first leg.
Berkane have lifted the Confederation Cup twice after losing the 2019 final to Zamalek on penalties after both clubs won 1-0 at home.
The sole survivor from that Berkane team is captain and centre-back Issoufou Dayo, a Burkina Faso international who played a key role in the knockout stage this season, scoring the decisive quarter-final goal 15 minutes into added time against Libyan opponents Abu Salim.
Berkane holds an outstanding home record in the competition, winning 34 matches and drawing six, scoring 88 goals and conceding 17.
Zamalek suffered a blow when injured captain Mahmoud ‘Shikabala’ Abdelrazek was ruled out of the match in Berkane and the return encounter in Cairo on May 19.
The White Knights have a good Confederation Cup record in Morocco, losing only once in four visits, and impressed in Ghana last month when they whitewashed Dreams 3-0 in a semi-final second leg at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
