RS Berkane will challenge Abu Sleem in Libya for a place in the semi-finals
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RS Berkane will challenge Abu Sleem in Libya for a place in the semi-finals


28 March 2024 at 15.26.

There Renaissance by Berkane went through a long decline during the last months of 2023 and the start of the current year. The club then chose to manage without the coach’s services Amine El Karama and since then the team has regained regularity on all fronts, under the leadership of the Tunisian coach Mouine Chaâbani.

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Dropped in the middle of the table just a month ago, it RSB thus managed to climb the ladder and restore third position in General classificationby stringing together three wins in the last four days of Botola Pro Inwi D1. The club is absolutely installed 14 points from second place in the ranking (den Raja of Casablanca), but the oranges’ pride is still to be saluted, those who managed to double Fate of Rabat and Wydad of Casablanca.

This Sunday in Libyashould the Berkane Renaissance rediscover the atmosphere of continental interclub competitionsduring the quarter-finals in African Confederation Cup 2024. For the first stage, Youssef El Fahli and company will cross swords with Abu Sleem at the Benina Martyrs stadium, about twenty kilometers away Benghazi. Abu Sleem’s team had played all their matches that count towards the group stage CAF Cup 2024 in Algeria, at the 19 Mai stadium in Annaba, in the absence of a field that can host the matches in Libya. This will therefore be the first meeting for Abu Sleem at home and in front of his supporters, which should complicate the task of the Orientals this Sunday.

The Abu Sleem Club, led by the Tunisian Chokri El Khatouihad secured their qualification by occupying second place in Group B, behind Egyptian Zamalek, the other major contender for this season’s title along with RSB. L’Libyan team playing their very first edition of the CAF Cup and have no continental experience but the qualification to quarter finals and finding the supporters will surely boost the group’s confidence. On the opposite side, RSB is looking for a third title in CAF Cupafter those awarded in 2020 and 2022.

The club is expected to travel to Libya this Friday after a row training sessions, all done at night. The return match is scheduled in a week’s time, on the pitch Berkane Municipal Stadium.

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