Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Tanzania DDWLL 0
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Morocco LWDWW 3
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MAR123
Stade Laurent Pokou · 15,478 att.

Match Report

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Favourites Morocco make winning start at Cup of Nations

Morocco underlined their status as pre-tournament favourites by beating 10-man Tanzania 3-0 to make a winning start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign as Group F got underway at the Laurent Pokou Stadium on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
0
48.3
Possession
51.7
2
SHOTS
14
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
404
449
Passes
465
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
48
14
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
5
17
Effective Clearances
6
17
Clearances
6

Head to Head

MAR leads series 2-1

Lineups

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 5Nayef AguerdCD-R
  4. 4Sofyan AmrabatDM
  5. 27Mohamed ChibiLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 15Selim AmallahCM-L
  8. 8Azzedine OunahiCM-R
  9. 16Abde EzzalzouliLM
  10. 7Hakim ZiyechRM
  11. 19Youssef En-NesyriF

Substitutes

  1. 13Yunis AbdelhamidSUB
  2. 20Ayoub El KaabiSUB
  3. 26Chadi RiadSUB
  4. 12Munir El KajouiSUB
  5. 23Bilal El KhannoussSUB
  6. 14Oussama El AzzouziSUB
  7. 21Amine AdliSUB
  8. 24Amir RichardsonSUB
  9. 10Amine HaritSUB
  10. 9Tarik TissoudaliSUB
  11. 11Ismael SaibariSUB
  12. 17Sofiane BoufalSUB

TAN · 4-3-3

  1. 18Aishi ManulaG
  2. 4Ibrahim HamadCD-L
  3. 14Bakari MwamnyetoCD-R
  4. 15Mohamed HusseinLB
  5. 2Haji MnogaRB
  6. 7Himid MaoCM
  7. 20Novatus MiroshiLM
  8. 3Mudathiri YahyaRM
  9. 21Charles M'MombwaF
  10. 11Tarryn AllarakhiaLF
  11. 10Mbwana SamattaRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Beno KakolanyaSUB
  2. 16Lusajo MwaikendaSUB
  3. 27Mohammed SagafSUB
  4. 5Dickson JobSUB
  5. 22Denis KibuSUB
  6. 26Miano Van Den BosSUB
  7. 25Abdulimalik ZakariaSUB
  8. 24Abdi BandaSUB
  9. 23Ben StarkieSUB
  10. 12Simon MsuvaSUB
  11. 8Morice AbrahamSUB
  12. 6Feisal SalumSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Himid Mao (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Morocco 1, Tanzania 0. Romain Saïss (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 32' Novatus Miroshi (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Substitution, Tanzania. Simon Msuva replaces Tarryn Allarakhia.
  5. 45' Substitution, Tanzania. Morice Abraham replaces Mudathir Yahya.
  6. 52' Romain Saïss (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Charles M'Mombwa (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 61' Mohamed Chibi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 69' Substitution, Tanzania. Feisal Salum replaces Mbwana Samatta.
  10. 70' Second yellow card to Novatus Miroshi (Tanzania) for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Morocco. Amine Adli replaces Abde Ezzalzouli.
  12. 72' Substitution, Morocco. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Selim Amallah.
  13. 77' Goal! Morocco 2, Tanzania 0. Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amine Adli.
  14. 80' Goal! Morocco 3, Tanzania 0. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  15. 81' Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  16. 81' Substitution, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
  17. 81' Substitution, Morocco. Amine Harit replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  18. 90'+6' Mohamed Hussein (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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