Wydad reached the CAF Champions League final for the fifth time in their history after they drew 1-1 with Petro de Luanda to seal a 4-2 aggregate win.

The build-up to Friday's second leg between two-time champions Wydad and Petro, who were bidding to reach their first final in the competition, was skewed somewhat by Al Ahly's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the decision to host the showpiece match in Casablanca.

Ten-time continental champions Al Ahly, who hold a 4-0 advantage over Entente Setif in the other semi-final, claimed it was unfair that Wydad, winners in 1992 and 2017, could have home advantage in the final on May 30, and unless CAS overrules CAF's decision, then that will be the case.

Defender Amine Farhane scored in the 28th minute to cancel out Gleison's superb opener for Petro.

The visitors had plenty of chances to get another and make things nervy for Wydad, but Mindinho and Erico Castro squandered their best opportunities in first and second-half stoppage time respectively.

To compound Petro's frustration, substitute Yano – who had two attempts after coming on – saw red in the final minute for foul language. 

Wydad took a huge step towards their fifth CAF Champions League final with a 3-1 win at Petro de Luanda in their semi-final first leg.

Petro had beaten the two-time African champions at home in this season's group stage, but they were blown away in the rematch in Angola on Saturday.

A fearsome Yahia Attiyat Allah free-kick from the right prompted Petro captain Tiago Azulao to head into his own net after 16 minutes, and Wydad's skipper had the ball in the net on the stroke of half-time as Yahya Jabrane unleashed a stunning drive into the top-left corner from 25 yards.

Any hopes of a second-half turnaround vanished when Guy Mbenza swept in number three midway through the second half.

Ricardo Job did pull a goal back nine minutes from time, seeing his free-kick bounce through the Wydad box, but William Soares was then sent off for dissent in stoppage time and Petro face an almighty task in Morocco, where they lost 5-1 earlier in the campaign.