Match Report

Morocco overcome deficit to cruise past Slovakia in pre-World Cup friendly

Morocco's Ayoub Kaabi and Younes Belhanda scored in a 10-minute spell to give the World Cup-bound side a convincing 2-1 win over Slovakia.

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Timeline

1. 41' Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
2. 43' Milan Skriniar (Slovakia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
3. 45' Substitution, Morocco. Amine Harit replaces Hamza Mendyl.
4. 45' Substitution, Morocco. Manuel da Costa replaces Romain Saïss.
5. 45' Substitution, Slovakia. Albert Rusnák replaces Michal Duris.
6. 45' Substitution, Slovakia. Jan Gregus replaces Marek Hamsik.
7. 45' Substitution, Slovakia. Adam Nemec replaces Robert Mak.
8. 45' Substitution, Slovakia. Erik Pacinda replaces Juraj Kucka.
9. 58' Substitution, Slovakia. Stanislav Lobotka replaces Patrik Hrosovsky.
10. 59' Goal! Morocco 0, Slovakia 1. Jan Gregus (Slovakia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Albert Rusnák.
11. 60' Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Khalid Boutaïb.
12. 64' Goal! Morocco 1, Slovakia 1. Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech with a cross following a corner.
13. 74' Goal! Morocco 2, Slovakia 1. Younès Belhanda (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
14. 75' Substitution, Morocco. Mehdi Carcela-González replaces Hakim Ziyech.
15. 76' Substitution, Morocco. Faycal Fajr replaces Moubarak Boussoufa.
16. 79' Substitution, Slovakia. Martin Valjent replaces Tomas Hubocan.
17. 81' Faycal Fajr (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18. 83' Substitution, Morocco. Youssef Aït Bennasser replaces Karim El Ahmadi.