Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco vs Ivory Coast, 2017 Africa Nations Cup, Group Stage 2017

· Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco
  • 64': Rachid Alioui
FT
1 - 0
Ivory Coast

    Holders Ivory Coast eliminated from Cup following defeat to Morocco

    Holders Ivory Coast were knocked out of the African Nations Cup following a 1-0 defeat in Oyem by Morocco, who progressed to the quarterfinals.

    Match Timeline

    • 1': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Foul at 1'
    • 2': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 2'
    • 2': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Foul at 2'
    • 3': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 3'
    • 6': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Throw In at 6'
    • 7': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Throw In at 7'
    • 7': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Foul at 7'
    • 8': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Free Kick at 8'
    • 8': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Foul at 8'
    • 9': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 9'
    • 10': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 10'
    • 10': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Foul at 10'
    • 11': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Free Kick at 11'
    • 12': Aziz Bouhaddouz (Morocco) Foul at 12'
    • 12': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 12'
    • 13': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Throw In at 13'
    • 15': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 15'
    • 16': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Shot Off Target at 16'
    • 16': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 16'
    • 17': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 17'
    • 18': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Foul at 18'
    • 19': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Shot Blocked at 19'
    • 19': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Corner Kick at 19'
    • 19': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 19'
    • 21': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Foul at 21'
    • 21': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Free Kick at 21'
    • 22': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Throw In at 22'
    • 23': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Foul at 23'
    • 24': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 24'
    • 24': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 24'
    • 24': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Blocked Pass at 24'
    • 24': Cheick Doukoure (Ivory Coast) Foul at 24'
    • 25': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Shot Hit Woodwork at 25'
    • 25': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 25'
    • 25': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Corner Kick at 25'
    • 25': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 25'
    • 26': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Foul at 26'
    • 26': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 26'
    • 26': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 26'
    • 27': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 27'
    • 28': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 28'
    • 28': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 28'
    • 29': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Throw In at 29'
    • 29': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Foul at 29'
    • 29': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Free Kick at 29'
    • 29': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Corner Kick at 29'
    • 29': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 29'
    • 30': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Handball at 30'
    • 30': Aziz Bouhaddouz (Morocco) Yellow Card at 30'
    • 31': Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 31'
    • 31': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Foul at 31'
    • 31': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 31'
    • 31': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 31'
    • 31': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Foul at 31'
    • 32': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 32'
    • 33': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Throw In at 33'
    • 33': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Foul at 33'
    • 33': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 33'
    • 34': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 34'
    • 35': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Foul at 35'
    • 35': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 35'
    • 35': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Foul at 35'
    • 35': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 35'
    • 36': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Blocked Pass at 36'
    • 37': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Foul at 37'
    • 37': Franck Kessié (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 37'
    • 37': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Shot On Target at 37'
    • 37': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 37'
    • 37': Aziz Bouhaddouz (Morocco) Foul at 37'
    • 37': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 37'
    • 38': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Foul at 38'
    • 38': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 38'
    • 41': Franck Kessié (Ivory Coast) Foul at 41'
    • 42': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Substitution at 42'
    • 42': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Free Kick at 42'
    • 42': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 42'
    • 42': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Assists Shot at 42'
    • 43': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Shot Off Target at 43'
    • 43': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 43'
    • 43': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Shot Hit Woodwork at 43'
    • 43': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 43'
    • 44': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Throw In at 44'
    • 44': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 44'
    • 44': Hamza Mendyl (Morocco) Foul at 44'
    • 45': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 45'
    • 45': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 45'
    • 45'+1': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 46'
    • 45'+1': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Foul at 46'
    • 45'+1': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 46'
    • 45'+2': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Foul at 47'
    • 45'+2': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 47'
    • 46': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Foul at 46'
    • 46': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 46'
    • 46': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 46'
    • 48': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Throw In at 48'
    • 48': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 48'
    • 48': Cheick Doukoure (Ivory Coast) Blocked Pass at 48'
    • 48': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 48'
    • 49': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Foul at 49'
    • 49': Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 49'
    • 50': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Foul at 50'
    • 50': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 50'
    • 50': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Foul at 50'
    • 51': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Free Kick at 51'
    • 51': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 51'
    • 51': Cheick Doukoure (Ivory Coast) Foul at 51'
    • 52': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Substitution at 52'
    • 52': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Throw In at 52'
    • 52': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Foul at 52'
    • 53': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Free Kick at 53'
    • 53': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 53'
    • 53': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Assists Shot at 53'
    • 54': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Throw In at 54'
    • 54': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Throw In at 54'
    • 54': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 54'
    • 55': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 55'
    • 55': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 55'
    • 55': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 55'
    • 55': Franck Kessié (Ivory Coast) Foul at 55'
    • 56': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 56'
    • 56': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Foul at 56'
    • 56': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 56'
    • 57': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Throw In at 57'
    • 57': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 57'
    • 57': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Foul at 57'
    • 58': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Yellow Card at 58'
    • 58': Hamza Mendyl (Morocco) Free Kick at 58'
    • 58': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 58'
    • 58': Hamza Mendyl (Morocco) Assists Shot at 58'
    • 59': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 59'
    • 59': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 59'
    • 59': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Shot Blocked at 59'
    • 59': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 59'
    • 59': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 59'
    • 59': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Corner Kick at 59'
    • 60': Simon Deli (Ivory Coast) Shot On Target at 60'
    • 60': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 60'
    • 62': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 62'
    • 62': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 62'
    • 63': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 63'
    • 63': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Foul at 63'
    • 63': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Free Kick at 63'
    • 64': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Goal at 64'
    • 64': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Assists Shot at 64'
    • 66': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Foul at 66'
    • 66': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 66'
    • 66': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 66'
    • 66': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Corner Kick at 66'
    • 67': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Shot Off Target at 67'
    • 67': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 67'
    • 67': Franck Kessié (Ivory Coast) Offside at 67'
    • 68': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Free Kick at 68'
    • 68': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Blocked Pass at 68'
    • 68': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Foul at 68'
    • 69': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 69'
    • 69': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 69'
    • 69': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Foul at 69'
    • 70': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Yellow Card at 70'
    • 71': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 71'
    • 71': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 71'
    • 71': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Throw In at 71'
    • 72': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 72'
    • 72': Wilfried Kanon (Ivory Coast) Foul at 72'
    • 73': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 73'
    • 73': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 73'
    • 73': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Foul at 73'
    • 73': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 73'
    • 74': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Foul at 74'
    • 74': Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 74'
    • 75': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 75'
    • 75': Wilfried Zaha (Ivory Coast) Foul at 75'
    • 75': Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) Substitution at 75'
    • 75': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Free Kick at 75'
    • 76': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 76'
    • 76': Hamza Mendyl (Morocco) Assists Shot at 76'
    • 76': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Blocked Pass at 76'
    • 76': Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) Foul at 76'
    • 76': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Free Kick at 76'
    • 77': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Foul at 77'
    • 77': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 77'
    • 77': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Foul at 77'
    • 77': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 77'
    • 78': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 78'
    • 78': Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Assists Shot at 78'
    • 79': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 79'
    • 80': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 80'
    • 80': Medhi Benatia (Morocco) Corner Kick at 80'
    • 81': Hamza Mendyl (Morocco) Shot Off Target at 81'
    • 81': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Assists Shot at 81'
    • 81': Rachid Alioui (Morocco) Foul at 81'
    • 82': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Yellow Card at 82'
    • 83': Mounir Obaddi (Morocco) Substitution at 83'
    • 83': Jean Seri (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 83'
    • 83': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Shot On Target at 83'
    • 83': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 83'
    • 83': Mounir Obaddi (Morocco) Foul at 83'
    • 83': Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 83'
    • 84': Serey Dié (Ivory Coast) Shot Off Target at 84'
    • 84': Max Gradel (Ivory Coast) Substitution at 84'
    • 85': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Offside at 85'
    • 85': Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 85'
    • 86': Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 86'
    • 86': Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) Foul at 86'
    • 87': Munir (Morocco) Yellow Card at 87'
    • 88': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 88'
    • 88': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Foul at 88'
    • 88': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 88'
    • 89': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 89'
    • 89': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Throw In at 89'
    • 90': Nabil Dirar (Morocco) Offside at 90'
    • 90'+1': Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 91'
    • 90'+1': Romain Saïss (Morocco) Throw In at 91'
    • 90'+1': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Foul at 91'
    • 90'+2': Khalid Boutaïb (Morocco) Substitution at 92'
    • 90'+2': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 92'
    • 90'+2': Wilfried Bony (Ivory Coast) Foul at 92'
    • 90'+2': Munir (Morocco) Free Kick at 92'
    • 90'+3': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) Offside at 93'
    • 90'+3': Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) Free Kick at 93'
    • 90'+4': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Throw In at 94'
    • 90'+4': Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) Shot On Target at 94'
    • 90'+4': Max Gradel (Ivory Coast) Assists Shot at 94'
    • 90'+4': Jonathan Kodjia (Ivory Coast) Corner Kick at 94'
    • 90'+4': Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco) Corner Kick at 94'

    Statistics

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    22 Fouls 28
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 2
    0 Saves 4
    66.3 Possession 33.7
    11 SHOTS 8
    4 ON GOAL 1
    0.4 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    293 Accurate Passes 110
    397 Passes 206
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.5
    6 Accurate Crosses 1
    21 Crosses 9
    0.3 Cross % 0.1
    63 Long Balls 72
    26 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.3
    2 Blocked Shots 0
    9 Effective Tackles 13
    11 Tackles 19
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    4 Effective Clearances 37
    4 Clearances 37

    Game Information

    Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

    Venue: Stade d'Oyem
    Location: ,

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    2 Tunisia 3 +1 4
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    Line-Ups

    MAR Morocco (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    12 Munir El Kajoui (GK) Yellow Card
    4 Manuel da Costa
    6 Romain Saïss
    5 Medhi Benatia Yellow Card
    2 Hamza Mendyl
    17 Nabil Dirar
    14 Mbark Boussoufa
    7 Youssef En-Nesyri
    8 Karim El Ahmadi Yellow Card
    20 Aziz Bouhaddouz
    11 Faycal Fajr
    Morocco Substitutes:
    Yassine El Kharroubi, Youssef Aït Bennasser, Fouad Chafik, Khalid Boutaïb, Rachid Alioui, Faycal Rherras, Mehdi Carcela-González, Amine Attouchi, Mounir Obaddi, Youssef El Arabi, Omar El Kaddouri, Yassine Bounou.

    CIV Ivory Coast (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    16 Sylvain Gbohouo (GK)
    19 Simon Deli
    21 Eric Bailly Yellow Card
    5 Wilfried Kanon
    17 Sèrge Aurier
    20 Serey Dié
    11 Franck Kessié
    10 Cheick Doukouré
    12 Wilfried Bony
    8 Salomon Kalou
    9 Wilfried Zaha Yellow Card
    Ivory Coast Substitutes:
    Nicolas Pépé, Giovanni Sio, Sayouba Mandé, Mamadou Bagayoko, Jonathan Kodjia, Lamine Koné, Adama Traoré, Max Gradel, Serge N'Guessan, Victorien Angban, Jean Michaël Seri, Badra Ali Sangaré.

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