Apart from the pride of winning the elite African club competition a second time, Benzarti has been promised a $20,000 bonus should Wydad succeed.
Leading Esperance to the 1994 African Cup of Champions Clubs title was the first of five CAF club titles won by the 69-year-old, a record for an Africa-born coach. Now he hopes to turn the tables on one of his many former teams, who defeated Wydad 1-0 in the Champions League final eight years ago and won the competition again last year.
Benzarti hopes attackers Mohamed Ounajem and Amin Tighazoui will have recovered from injuries and be available for selection.Mohamed Nahiri, a left-back but the leading Wydad scorer in the CAF campaign with five goals, is likely to return after missing the last match through suspension. The Tunis-based ‘Blood and Gold’ were unbeaten in 1994 and Oryx Douala , Ismailia , Algerian outfit JET and Ahly also achieved the feat. Should Esperance become champions again — the second leg is in Tunisia on May 31 — they will be the fourth club to achieve back-to-back victories.
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