Wydad Casablanca manager Faouzi Benzarti has praised his players’ fighting spirit after they dug deep to find an equaliser in Friday's 1-Caf Champions League final draw against Esperance at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.
The Moroccans had fallen behind to a Fousseny Coulibaly strike before half-time, before skipper Brahim Nakach received his marching orders just after the restart following two bookable offences.
However, a Cheick Comara header cancelled out the deficit to send the two teams level into the second leg.
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The willingness to not settle for a defeat wasn’t lost on Benzarti, who spoke to Caf after the game.