Moroccan side, ASFAR Club on Sunday demolished Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa 4-0 in the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League to win the trophy.
Sundown finished the match with nine women as they got two red cards for indiscipline.
Ibtissam Jraidi was the heroine of the match as she scored a remarkable hat-trick as the hosts sealed a huge victory against the South African side.
ASFAR took the lead early in the game from the penalty spot which was converted by Fatima Tagnaout to put them in the lead.
Sundowns were reduced to 10 players after Rhoda Mulaudzi was shown a straight red card for a reckless challenge.
Things went from bad to worse for the South African ladies after restart, as they were reduced to nine players when captain Zanele Nhlapo was sent off having received her second yellow card of the game.
After being sent-off, Jraidi got herself a hat-trick, one of which came from the penalty spot to tear Sundowns apart and ensure that the title was wrest from the South Africans and kept in Morocco.
Meanwhile, Bayelsa Queens edged Simba Queens to claim bronze.
The Nigerian Queens salvaged something from a disappointing CAF Women’s Champions League by clinching the bronze medal with a 1-0 win over Simba Queens in the third place match at Stade Moulay Hassan on Saturday.
A second half strike from Juliet Sunday was all Domo Okara’s ladies required to silence their East African courterparts and secure the consolatory bronze in Rabat.
Coming off their semi-final defeats, the Tanzanian and Nigerian champions were hoping to end their campaigns on a high and Bayelsa with the brightest start as Glory Edet’s long range effort and Etim Edidiong’s header inside the opening 10 minutes.
