CAFCL: Reghecampf says Al-Hilal Omdurman exit painful

Al-Hilal Omdurman coach Laurentiu Reghecampf has described his team’s CAF Champions League (CAFCL) exit as painful to accept.

The Sudanese giants lost the quarter final second leg 1-0 to RS Berkane on Sunday to bow out of the continental league campaign via a 2-1 aggregate score.

🚨 Resultados de CAF Champions League

Al Hilal Omdurman 🇸🇩 0-1 RS Berkane 🇲🇦 [agr 1-2]
Stade Malien 🇲🇱 2-0 Mamelodi Sundowns 🇿🇦 [agr 2-3]

RS Berkane avanzó con un gol a los 93′
A Stade Malien le faltó un gol para igualar la llave pic.twitter.com/xLEinBXwYP

— Ienzo Duarte (@ienzoduarte) March 22, 2026

Carrying a healthy one-all draw from the quarterfinal away first leg tie, Al-Hilal ended up losing at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, courtesy of Mounir Chouiar’s strike.

Reghecampf on Al Hilal defeat: What went wrong?

Reflecting on his team’s performance as quoted by New Times of Rwanda, the Romanian said his wards had all the chances to wrap up the game, but they were not clinical enough.

“It is football—things happen on the pitch. We cannot predict what will happen tomorrow, but we did our best. We were prepared as a team and gave everything, but the chances were not for us,” Reghecampf said.

How being overly cautious cost Al-Hilal

“We had a chance because we didn’t lose the first-leg game, and we had the opportunity to decide everything at home until the 93rd minute. But we were cautious because we knew we were playing against a strong team. It is very difficult to speak after this game. We conceded in the final minute.”

🚨 URGENT – Tirage au sort de la Ligue des champions !

🇲🇦 AS FAR 🆚 Pyramids FC
🇲🇦 RS Berkane 🆚 Al Hilal Omdurman

🔥 Et en cas de qualification, L’AS FAR et Berkane se retrouveraient en demi-finale pour un choc 100 % marocain ! pic.twitter.com/KjihzcL9Z7

— KoraMaroc (@AtKoraMaroc) February 17, 2026

The Rwandan Premier League pacesetters needed just any draw to progress to the semifinal stage. Instead, it was the Botola Pro 1 side, which is through and they will meet FAR Rabat in the last-four phase.

Al-Hilal had come back from Morocco with a point despite having finished the Champions League quarterfinal, first leg with a man down after Stephen Steven Ebuela was shown a red card.