Africa Cup of Nations

FT Friday, January 14, 2022
Comoros WWWLL 0
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Morocco WWWWW 2
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MAR112
Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo

Match Report

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Morocco overcome Comoros to reach last 16 at Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco proved too strong for the Comoros Islands at the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday, winning 2-0 to progress to the last 16 of the finals.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
0
41.2
Possession
58.8
7
SHOTS
19
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
254
Accurate Passes
397
330
Passes
471
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
64
20
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Head to Head

MAR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 5Nayef AguerdCD-L
  3. 6Romain SaïssCD-R
  4. 4Sofyan AmrabatDM
  5. 3Adam MasinaLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 7Imran LouzaCM-L
  8. 15Selim AmallahCM-R
  9. 17Sofiane BoufalLM
  10. 28Tarik TissoudaliRM
  11. 9Ayoub El KaabiF

Substitutes

  1. 14Zakaria AboukhlalSUB
  2. 8Azzedine OunahiSUB
  3. 13Ilias ChairSUB
  4. 20Sofiane AlakouchSUB
  5. 18Sofian ChaklaSUB
  6. 24Samy MmaeeSUB
  7. 22Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiSUB
  8. 12Munir El KajouiSUB
  9. 11Faycal FajrSUB
  10. 27Soufiane RahimiSUB
  11. 19Youssef En-NesyriSUB
  12. 10Munir El HaddadiSUB

COM · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Salim Ben BoinaG
  2. 6Nadjim AbdouCD-L
  3. 12Kassim M'DahomaCD-R
  4. 13Rafidine AbdullahDM
  5. 15Benjaloud YoussoufLB
  6. 19Mohamed YoussoufRB
  7. 8Fouad BachirouCM-L
  8. 10Youssouf M'ChangamaCM-R
  9. 7Faïz SelemaniLM
  10. 22Saïd BakariRM
  11. 21El Fardou Ben NabouhaneF

Substitutes

  1. 14Ali M'MadiSUB
  2. 26Iyad MohamedSUB
  3. 11Nakibou AboubakariSUB
  4. 25Djoumoi MoussaSUB
  5. 5Abdallah Ali MohamedSUB
  6. 2Kassim AbdallahSUB
  7. 23Ali AhamadaSUB
  8. 17Ibroihim DjoudjaSUB
  9. 3Chaker AlhadhurSUB
  10. 18Yacine BourhaneSUB
  11. 20Ahmed MogniSUB
  12. 4Younn ZaharySUB

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Morocco 1, Comoros 0. Selim Amallah (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 17' Faïz Selemani (Comoros) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 18' Youssouf M'Changama (Comoros) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Selim Amallah (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Comoros. Yacine Bourhane replaces Rafidine Abdullah.
  7. 65' Substitution, Comoros. Younn Zahary replaces Bendjaloud Youssouf.
  8. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Fayçal Fajr replaces Tarik Tissoudali.
  9. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Youssef En-Nesyri replaces Ayoub El Kaabi.
  10. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Imrân Louza.
  11. 76' Substitution, Morocco. Munir El-Haddadi replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  12. 83' Penalty saved! Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  13. 89' Goal! Morocco 2, Comoros 0. Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Selim Amallah.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  14. 89' Substitution, Comoros. Ibroihim Youssouf replaces Fouad Bachirou.
  15. 89' Substitution, Comoros. Ahmed Mogni replaces Saïd Bakari.
  16. 89' Substitution, Comoros. Djoumoi Moussa replaces Mohamed Youssouf.
  17. 90' Substitution, Morocco. Azzedine Ounahi replaces Selim Amallah.

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