Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, July 1, 2019
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South Africa DDDLW 0
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Al Salam Stadium · 12,098 att.

Match Report

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Morocco scores last gasp goal to beat South Africa

Captain Mbark Boussoufa scored in the last minute to hand Morocco a 1-0 win over South Africa as they took top place in Group D.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
21
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
3
0
Saves
2
59.4
Possession
40.6
11
SHOTS
2
3
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
351
Accurate Passes
223
447
Passes
314
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
0
24
Crosses
6
0.1
Cross %
0.0
64
Long Balls
64
33
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
10
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
16
12
Effective Clearances
25
12
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Lineups

RSA · 4-3-3

  1. 22Ronwen WilliamsG
  2. 2Buhle MkhwanaziCD-L
  3. 14Thulani HlatshwayoCD-R
  4. 18Sfiso HlantiLB
  5. 5Thamsanqa MkhizeRB
  6. 12Kamohelo MokotjoCM
  7. 8Bongani ZunguLM
  8. 10Thulani SereroRM
  9. 9Lebo MothibaF
  10. 11Themba ZwaneLF
  11. 19Percy TauRF

MAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Munir El KajouiG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 4Manuel da CostaCD-R
  4. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  5. 3Noussair MazraouiRB
  6. 10Younès BelhandaAM
  7. 14Mbark BoussoufaLM
  8. 8Karim El AhmadiRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 16Nordin AmrabatAM-L
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechAM-R

Timeline

  1. 18' Themba Zwane (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Bongani Zungu (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 54' Substitution, Morocco. Youssef Aït Bennasser replaces Karim El Ahmadi.
  4. 73' Substitution, South Africa. Lars Veldwijk replaces Lebo Mothiba.
  5. 75' Substitution, Morocco. Nabil Dirar replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
  6. 75' Substitution, South Africa. Sibusiso Vilakazi replaces Themba Zwane.
  7. 81' Substitution, South Africa. Hlompho Kekana replaces Bongani Zungu.
  8. 89' Substitution, Morocco. Faycal Fajr replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  9. 90' Goal! South Africa 0, Morocco 1. Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.

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