Africa Cup of Nations

FT Tuesday, January 30, 2024
South Africa LDLWD 2
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Morocco WWWDW 0
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Match Report

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South Africa stun fancied Morocco to book quarter-final place

Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena scored second-half goals as South Africa shocked Morocco with a 2-0 victory to dump the World Cup semifinalists out of the Africa Cup of Nations at the last-16 stage in San Pedro on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
1
46
Possession
54
5
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
335
Accurate Passes
372
386
Passes
425
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
7
4
Crosses
30
0.0
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
37
21
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
6
8
Effective Tackles
4
10
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
4
24
Clearances
4

Head to Head

MAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 5Nayef AguerdCD-R
  4. 3Noussair MazraouiLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 4Sofyan AmrabatCM
  7. 15Selim AmallahLM
  8. 8Azzedine OunahiRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 16Abde EzzalzouliLF
  11. 21Amine AdliRF

RSA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Ronwen WilliamsG
  2. 14Mothobi MvalaCD-L
  3. 18Grant KekanaCD-R
  4. 6Aubrey ModibaLB
  5. 20Khuliso MudauRB
  6. 11Themba ZwaneAM
  7. 13Sphephelo SitholeLM
  8. 4Teboho MokoenaRM
  9. 9Evidence MakgopaF
  10. 10Percy TauAM-L
  11. 23Thapelo MorenaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Aubrey Modiba (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 36' Grant Kekana (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! Morocco 0, South Africa 1. Evidence Makgopa (South Africa) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Themba Zwane.
  4. 60' Substitution, Morocco. Amine Harit replaces Amine Adli.
  5. 60' Substitution, Morocco. Ismael Saibari replaces Selim Amallah.
  6. 64' Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Abde Ezzalzouli.
  8. 70' Substitution, South Africa. Thapelo Maseko replaces Themba Zwane.
  9. 72' Substitution, South Africa. Zakhele Lepasa replaces Evidence Makgopa.
  10. 76' Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
  11. 83' Mothobi Mvala (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 85' Penalty missed! Still Morocco 0, South Africa 1. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
  13. 87' Substitution, South Africa. Thabang Monare replaces Sphephelo Sithole.
  14. 90'+4' Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the red card.
  15. 90'+5' Goal! Morocco 0, South Africa 2. Teboho Mokoena (South Africa) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.

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