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Moroccan Messi Abdelilah Hafidi ends Raja Casablanca's seven-year wait for Moroccan title

Raja Casablanca have ended their seven-year wait for the Moroccan league title by pipping neighbours and fierce rivals Wydad Casablanca to the crown on the final day of the Botola season, thanks to a double by Abdelilah Hafidi.

Hafidi, nicknamed ‘The Moroccan Messi’, scored a 90th-minute winner for Raja against FAR Rabat to ensure they got their hands on the gold with almost the final kick of the season, having earlier netted the equaliser for Jamal Sellami's side.

Only one point separated the two Casablanca giants heading into the last matchday, with both Casablanca clubs up against neighbours from the capital Rabat; Raja hosting FAR, while Wydad made the short trip to FUS Rabat.