Africa Cup of Nations

FT Friday, July 5, 2019
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Morocco LLWWW 1
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Benin win 4-1 on penalties · Al Salam Stadium · 7,500 att.

Match Report

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Benin oust Morocco on penalties in AFCON shock

Ten-man Benin rode their luck to eliminate Morocco on penalties in an extraordinary upset in the opening match of the AFCON knockout stage.

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Team Stats

29
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
3
33.2
Possession
66.8
7
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
7
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
192
Accurate Passes
513
320
Passes
644
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.3
81
Long Balls
93
22
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
19
24
Tackles
30
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
15
20
Effective Clearances
12
20
Clearances
12

Head to Head

MAR leads series 1-0

Lineups

MAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 4Manuel da CostaCD-R
  4. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  5. 17Nabil DirarRB
  6. 8Karim El AhmadiCM
  7. 10Younès BelhandaLM
  8. 14Mbark BoussoufaRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 16Nordin AmrabatLF
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechRF

BEN · 5-4-1

  1. 16Saturnin AllagbéG
  2. 3Khaled AdénonCD
  3. 6Olivier VerdonCD-L
  4. 13Moïse AdilehouCD-R
  5. 11Emmanuel ImorouLB
  6. 18Seibou MamaRB
  7. 17Stéphane SessegnonCM-L
  8. 8Jordan AdéotiCM-R
  9. 20Jodel DossouLM
  10. 14Cebio SoukouRM
  11. 10Mickaël PotéF

Timeline

  1. 41' Khaled Adénon (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 51' Cebio Soukou (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 53' Goal! Morocco 0, Benin 1. Moise Adilehou (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cebio Soukou with a cross following a corner.
  4. 59' Substitution, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal replaces Younès Belhanda.
  5. 69' Substitution, Benin. David Djigla replaces Cebio Soukou.
  6. 74' Substitution, Morocco. Noussair Mazraoui replaces Nabil Dirar.
  7. 75' Goal! Morocco 1, Benin 1. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moubarak Boussoufa.
  8. 87' Substitution, Benin. Tidjani Anaane replaces Jodel Dossou.
  9. 88' Substitution, Morocco. Oussama Idrissi replaces Nordin Amrabat.
  10. 90'+1' Oussama Idrissi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+6' Penalty missed! Still Morocco 1, Benin 1. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) hits the right post with a left footed shot.
  12. 90' First Half Extra Time begins Morocco 1, Benin 1.
  13. 97' Second yellow card to Khaled Adénon (Benin).
  14. 100' Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 105'+1' Mama Seibou (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 105'+2'
  17. 105'
  18. 106' Tidjani Anaane (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 107' Substitution, Morocco. Faycal Fajr replaces Karim El Ahmadi.
  20. 108' Substitution, Benin. Sessi D'Almeida replaces Mickaël Poté.
  21. 120'+3' Second Half Extra Time ends, Morocco 1, Benin 1.
  22. 120'
  23. 120'
  24. 120' Match ends, Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(4).

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