Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, June 23, 2019
Namibia DLWLW 0
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Morocco WDLLL 1
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Al Salam Stadium · 6,857 att.

Match Report

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Morocco snatch victory over Namibia with late own goal

A last-minute own goal handed Morocco a narrow 1-0 victory over Namibia at the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday in an far-from-convincing start.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
0
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
0
32.7
Possession
67.3
3
SHOTS
17
0
ON GOAL
5
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
182
Accurate Passes
491
272
Passes
561
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
23
0.1
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
41
22
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
15
13
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
7
25
Effective Clearances
8
25
Clearances
8

Head to Head

MAR leads series 3-0

Lineups

MAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 5Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  5. 17Nabil DirarRB
  6. 14Mbark BoussoufaAM
  7. 15Youssef Aït BennasserLM
  8. 18Mehdi BourabiaRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 16Nordin AmrabatAM-L
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechAM-R

NAM · 4-4-2

  1. 23Lloyd KazapuaG
  2. 2Denzil HaosebCD-L
  3. 22Ryan NyambeCD-R
  4. 4Riaan HanamubLB
  5. 6Larry HoraebRB
  6. 10Manfred StarkeCM-L
  7. 12Ronald KetjijereCM-R
  8. 7Deon HottoLM
  9. 19Petrus ShitembiRM
  10. 13Peter ShalulileCF-L
  11. 11Absalom IimbondiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 58' Substitution, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal replaces Mehdi Bourabia.
  2. 64' Substitution, Namibia. Marcel Papama replaces Manfred Starke.
  3. 70' Substitution, Morocco. Karim El Ahmadi replaces Youssef Aït Bennasser.
  4. 78' Substitution, Morocco. Khalid Boutaïb replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  5. 80' Substitution, Namibia. Itamunua Keimuine replaces Absalom Limbondi.
  6. 87' Substitution, Namibia. Willy Stephanus replaces Deon Hotto.
  7. 89' Own Goal by Itamunua Keimuine, Namibia. Morocco 1, Namibia 0.
  8. 90'+3' Itamunua Keimuine (Namibia) is shown the yellow card.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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