FAR Rabat dump out holders Pyramids to book CAF Champions League semi-final spot

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/alassiouty-zyHMiDZ6/far-rabat-CMn7Clai/?mid=nmxg5KME"]The loss[/a] ended ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pyramids/zyHMiDZ6/"]Pyramids[/a]' title defence despite a 1-1 ‌draw in the first leg in Rabat. ‌The Egyptians won their first African Champions League crown last June, beating South ‌Africa’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mamelodi-sundowns/lxZ6Bzh6/"]Mamelodi Sundowns[/a].[/p][p]Rida Slim put the ⁠visitors ahead ‌in the ninth minute at Cairo's 30 ​June Stadium before Mohamed Rabie Hrimat doubled the lead with a ​54th‑minute header.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mayele-fiston-kalala/dSvTGtth/"]Fiston Mayele[/a] halved the deficit in the 62nd minute but the ⁠Egyptians could ​not find the equaliser that would have sent the tie straight to penalties as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/far-rabat/CMn7Clai/"]FAR Rabat[/a] held firm.[/p][p]"[b]This is a ‌historic win and a historic qualification for the club[/b]," forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/al-fahli-youssef/zcUtbcgc/"]Youssef El Fahli[/a] told beIN Sports. "[b]We have the determination to fight for the title this season and, God willing, we'll bring home the club's second continental crown[/b]."[/p][p]Royal Armed Forces will face fellow Moroccans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/berkane/Me4oCiMn/"]Renaissance Berkane[/a] or Sudan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-hilal/M3ar6nx7/"]Al-Hilal[/a] in the semi-finals, hoping to move a step closer ‌to a second continental crown after winning the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1985 when they beat AS Bilima (now AS Dragons) of then Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ahly/EPsYDm4A/"]Al Ahly[/a], the record 12-time African champions, took a 10th‑minute lead through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trezeguet/GEpGVvdq/"]Mahmoud Trezeguet[/a], but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/esperance-tunis/bVINpDMl/"]Esperance[/a] levelled in the 68th minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/danho-florian/WA9mzH9U/"]Florian Danho[/a] drove in from outside the box past goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oufa-shobeir/0vgRIJk9/"]Mostafa Shobeir[/a].[/p][p]The Tunisian champions went ‌ahead in the 78th when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tougai-mohamed-amine/CM7kNyeN/"]Mohamed Amine Tougai[/a] converted a ​penalty. Although Ahly drew level at 2-2 in the ‌84th minute via an own goal by Hamza Jelassi from a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/attia-marwan/EiQMWoYI/"]Marwan Othman[/a] header, Jelassi redeemed himself with a 94‑minute winner from a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/msakni-youssef/6VfG43JP/"]Youssef Msakni[/a] corner to complete a second-leg 3-2 victory for a 4-2 win ⁠on aggregate.[/p][p]Esperance will face ⁠Mamelodi Sundowns or Mali's ‌Stade Malien in the semi‑finals.[/p]