The Moroccan club have been Downs' recent nemesis. Wydad knocked the 2016 champions out in the quarterfinals on their path to winning the tournament in 2017.
The second leg on Saturday, May 4 at Lucas Moripe Stadium hangs in the balance from Salah Eddine Said's 26th-minute opener, Anele Ngcongca's 41st-minute equaliser, and Aouk Badi's 47th-minute winner for Wydad.
Sundowns hammered club of the century Al Ahly 5-1 on aggregate in the quarterfinals. There was always a sense that Wydad would be a step up in strength of opposition. After some early opportunities for Sundowns, initially matching Wydad blow for blow, the Moroccan giants' big, classy, immaculately precise frontline began to steam through for chances with an attack of bewildering pace.From the brawny winger's corner big midfielder Said deflected a stinging header that forced the first in a string of reflex saves from the gigantic-on-the-night Denis Onyango.
Sundowns fought into the game as Gaston Sirino's curling drive was kept out by goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti and Lebohang Maboe's low shot struck the upright.Their goal came after Downs left-back Tebogo Langerman gave the ball away allowing Badi to square in for El Haddad, who teed up Said to slam past Onyango.It said much of Downs' class, that against an onslaught, in such a cauldron of red, they could fight back to 1-1.
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