The Algerian Federation of the Capital stripped the Moroccan clubs of the Confederation of African Football Cup title, after they ousted their only representative, the Royal Army, despite losing 2-3 on Sunday at the “Moulay Abdallah” stadium in Rabat in the second leg of the quarter-finals, benefiting from their victory in the first leg with two clean goals.

Nahdet Berkane and Al-Rajaa Clubs won the title in the past three editions, with two for the first (2020 and 2022) and one for the second (2021), and USM set a semi-final date with Asec Mimosas of Ivory Coast.

The Moroccan team went down with its weight at the start of the match, looking for a remedy for the result, and attacked the Algerian goalkeeper Osama Benbout, after Ahmed Hamoudan hit a ball crosswise, and defender Osama Sheeta accidentally turned it into his team's net (8).

The joy of the people of the Moroccan capital lasted only four minutes, as Al-Saadi Al-Radwani equalized for the guests after turning a cross from Botswana Tumisang Uybonyi into the net of goalkeeper Ayoub Lakrd, taking advantage of a defensive error in coverage (12).
The Algerian team closed its area, and play was confined to the middle of the field.

The military team intensified its pressure in the second half of the match, and USM coach Abdelhak Benchikha made a defensive substitution with the participation of Mustapha Bouchina, and the pressure of the Moroccans resulted in the goal of progress when Abdelfattah Hadraf sent a long ball, followed by Denny Burgess from Cape Verde to February, in a distinctive way, past goalkeeper Osama. Benbot (60).

The player of the Algerian team, Oriboni, made a distinguished individual effort on the left side, and sent a distinguished ball to substitute Khaled Bosilio, who hit it over the goalkeeper Lekrd (78).

The army players completely besieged the Union of the Capital area, and the pressure resulted in the Egyptian referee, Mohamed Maarouf, awarding a penalty kick after a mistake on Hamza Eikman. Mohamed Harimat rushed to it and scored it, giving his team the lead (90 + 7).

The ancient Ivorian ASEC Mimosas stopped the adventure of the Monastir Sports Federation at the quarter-final stage, after beating it 2-0 in Abidjan. The two teams tied the first leg with a negative result in Tunisia.

The match seemed balanced, with a logical advantage for the homeowners seeking to open the scoring early, in return for the Tunisian team's reliance on lightning counterattacks through Mali's Boubacar Traore and Haikal Al-Sheikhawi. Before the halfway point, the pressure of the hosts resulted in a goal scored by Frank Carlos Zuzu from a long shot (45 + 1).

The Tunisian team made a double effort in the second half, seeking to equalize and thus qualify, and the replacement of Serbian coach Darko Novic contributed to the improvement of the performance, but the final touch was absent, as Mohamed Al-Saghraoui, Boubkar Traore and the Algerian Abdelkader Boutish missed many chances, and at the end of time Bakumi Zozo added the goal. The second was for the yellow and black team, by following Kwasi Atohola's cross into the net of goalkeeper Sadiq Yadis (90 +1).

And the Egyptian Pyramids career stopped in the competition, which finished runner-up to its champion in 2020, by losing to its host, Marumo Gallants, South Africa, 0-1, at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rastenburg.

The two teams tied with one goal for the first leg in Cairo.

The Egyptian team was the best party in terms of control and opportunities, but the danger was for the host team, who snatched the only goal of the match through Salimbilo Najima, after he penetrated the left front and hit a powerful ball that hit the net of goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shennawy (39).

Al-Shennawy shone after a long shot, which was hit by Lucky Mohomi (41).

The Egyptian team seemed a little resourceful in the second half, as it did not initiate pressure on the Galants goal, despite the changes made by Portuguese coach Jaime Pacheco, and the most prominent opportunity came for Pyramids through its South African striker Fagri Lakai, who was completely alone, but goalkeeper Washington Arubi brilliantly saved his goal ( 74). Another opportunity arose for the equaliser, through Tunisian Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, with a missile shot, but the goalkeeper successfully blocked it (88).

Gallants will meet in the semi-finals with Young Africans of Tanzania, who reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history, despite their 0-0 draw against Nigerian Rivers United in Dar es Salaam. The Tanzanian team benefited from winning the first leg with two clean goals away from home.