HIBAPRESS – Sports
The National Professional Football League is preparing to develop a precise and comprehensive schedule for the postponed matches within the professional league competitions, after the number reached 15 matches, as a result of the commitments of a number of Moroccan clubs in continental competitions.
These postponements accumulated mainly due to the participation of each of Renaissance Berkane, the Royal Army, Wydad Athletic, and Olympique Safi in the African Champions League and the African Confederation Cup, which imposed the postponement of a large number of matches during the past rounds. Renaissance Berkane is the team most affected by the pressure of the schedule, as it is still required to play two postponed matches against Renaissance Zemamra and Raja Casablanca, for the sixth and seventh rounds, which were held before the long break that lasted for about two and a half months, due to the Arab Cup and the African Cup of Nations competitions. At the level of the ninth round, the postponement of three prominent matches was recorded, related to the summit of Wydad Athletic and the Royal Army, in addition to the two matches of Renaissance Berkane against Hassania Agadir, and Kawkab Marrakech against Olympique Safi. The tenth round also saw the postponement of three matches, which concerns the match of Fath Union Sport against Wydad Athletic, the Royal Army against Olympique Dcheira, and then the match of Olympique Safi and Renaissance Berkane. The eleventh round, which was held at the end of last week, witnessed the postponement of four matches, which brought together Kawkab Marrakech with the Royal Army, Wydad Athletic with Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi, Renaissance Berkane with Maghreb Fes, in addition to Ittihad Yaqoub Al Mansour against Olympique Safi. As for the twelfth round, scheduled for the end of this week, it will also see the postponement of three matches, concerning the match of the Royal Army and Renaissance Berkane, Maghreb Fes against Wydad Athletic, and then the match of Olympique Safi and Renaissance Zemamra. In this context, the Professional League is planning to schedule the postponed matches during the blessed month of Ramadan, by holding the matches in the middle of each week, while maintaining the dates of the next rounds at the end of the week, in an effort to make up for the delay and ensure the regularity of the league's pace during the remainder of the season.
