The continent’s football governing body has reportedly ordered that the Red Castle should play the return fixture of the Champions League against the Phobians without their teeming supporters
Confederation of African Football has ordered Wydad Athletic Club to host Ghanaian giants Hearts of Oak in the Champions League behind closed doors on Sunday, according to reports in the local media.
The Phobians recorded a 1-0 narrow victory last weekend with 2,000 spectators cheering them on at the Accra Sports Stadium.
However, reports indicate that the new directives from Caf has ordered that only journalists, medics, security personnel and few people designated for various roles should be allowed inside the Mohammed V Sports Stadium in Casablanca due to COVID-19 scare.
The aforementioned people should even provide valid COVID-19 test results indicating that they are negative of the deadly disease before they can be allowed to watch the game live from the facility.
However, Wydad AC top hierarchy have reportedly rejected the suggestion by CAF and have written to the football governing body to rescind that decision since they believe COVID-19 cases are not on the rise in the country.
Wydad AC need two unanswered goals in the return fixture to claim their qualification spot in the group stage while Hearts must prevent them from scoring or eye for a scoring draw in the game to book their place in the group stage for the first time since 2006.
AshesGyamera’s sources have revealed that Hearts will leave Ghana to Morocco on Thursday to continue with their fine tuning in Casablanca.
The game has been scheduled for Sunday and kick off time is 19h00 GMT (7PM local time)