Alexandria: Egypt’s football giants Zamalek won their first-ever CAF Confederation Cup title after a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over Morocco’s RS Berkane.
Zamalek, known as the White Knights, won the second leg of the final 1-0 here on Sunday to level the aggregate score and survived the penalty shout-out to end a 16-year wait for an African title, reports Efe news.
Throughout the first half, both teams came out with a conservative approach with few chances.
Zamalek defender Mahmoud Alaa scored the sole goal in regular time from the spot in the 55th minute following a VAR review. Despite cheered by 50,000 roaring supporters, Zamalek did not have many chances to score more goals.
At stoppage time, Berkane winger Omar Namsaoui was sent off following another VAR review, as cameras showed him hitting Zamalek’s forward Mahmoud Kahraba in the face.
The match went to penalties as the aggregate score tied at 1-1. IANS
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