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Maghreb de Fès lead Botola after two rounds

By , based on Libération (Maroc)

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Defending champions Maghreb de Fès lead Botola Pro D1 after the second round, while Wydad Casablanca beat Difaa El Jadida 2-0. Raja Casablanca also won against Renaissance Zemamra, according to Libération (Maroc).

Maghreb de Fès have taken the lead in the Botola Pro D1, Morocco's football league, at the end of the second round, according to Libération. The round also allowed Wydad Casablanca to bounce back by beating Difaa El Jadida at El Abdi Stadium.

The second round pitted teams seeking redemption against ambitious sides in a league marked by a fiercely contested hierarchy, reports Libération.

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