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AS FAR became the second team to get their hands on the CAF Women’s Champions League trophy for the second time. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Eight of Africa’s best women’s soccer clubs got together in Egypt this month for the fifth edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League. This promised to be the most competitive iteration of the tournament, as two-time champion Mamelodi Sundowns could not even make it past qualifying. Among the participants, the favorites included Moroccan champions AS FAR, now the only team to have featured in every instalment of the competition, host FC Masar, and defending champion TP Mazembe of DR Congo. The Moroccans were drawn in Group A along with the home side. They kicked off the tournament by facing off, producing a goalless draw after a tough contest. FC Masar comprehensively defeated FC 15 de Agosto of Equatorial Guinea in their second match, while AS FAR got the better of Malian side USFAS Bamako 2-0 to also set course for the knockouts. They would advance comfortably enough, but the host suffered a huge scare as they conceded 10 minutes into their final group game and only got the all-important equalizer five minutes into stoppage time. Group B also threw up an eye-catching result on the opening day as the reigning champion suffered a one-goal defeat to Ivorian debutante ASEC Mimosas. Three-goal wins over Botswana’s Gaborone United and JKT Queens of Tanzania helped them ease into the semifinals, but it was ASEC who topped the group. A repeat of the 2024 final was the clear standout among the two semifinal fixtures. AS FAR had gone 31 games unbeaten since their loss on the big occasion on home soil, and they were keen to keep things tight this time around. So, a cagey affair left the…

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