Sundowns see off Wydad to become inaugural AFL champions

The Star Kenya

South African Mamelodi Sundowns were crowned the first-ever African Football League (AFL) champions after a 2-0 second-leg victory over Wydad Casablanca sealed a 3-2 aggregate triumph. https://bit.ly/47uwuZf

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00:00 Welcome to the Loftus-Fersfeld Stadium in Pretoria for the second leg of the African Football League final.

00:07 It's Mamelodi sundowns of South Africa against Widad Casablanca of Morocco.

00:12 Widad who come here after a 2-1 win in the first leg last weekend.

00:17 Pass fed through for Ayente Mokwena.

00:21 Continues the run forward, you can hear the noise of the crowd.

00:27 Kenny excited as Mokwena made the run and he's managed to get the shot in.

00:31 And this time maybe the goal comes in stoppage time at the end of the first half.

00:37 And it's that man, Shalulile, following in after Mokwena, as he loves to do, got the shot in from range.

00:47 And Mamelodi sundowns draw first blood in this second leg and the advantage swings their way in this final.

00:55 [Crowd noise]

01:01 And then sundowns could be in again, another loose ball and they pounce upon it.

01:10 There is that precious second goal that sundowns wanted so much.

01:15 You can see what it means to Rulani Mokwena.

01:17 And the sundowns players, the substitutes, the staff all jumping on top of Aubrey Modiba.

01:25 The crowd erupting again here, another mistake by Widad.

01:31 They were not punished before when Shalulile was denied by Yousef El Moti but this time they are.

01:37 And Mamelodi sundowns have done it.

01:43 They are the winners of the first ever African Football League.

01:47 They have beaten Widad Casablanca here today by two goals to nil to win 3-2 on aggregate.

01:54 [Crowd noise]

01:58 [Silence]

02:01 [Silence]

02:04 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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