Africa Cup of Nations

FT Friday, January 9, 2026
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Match Report

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Five for Brahim Diaz as Morocco cruise past Cameroon into AFCON semifinals

Brahim Diaz extended his run of scoring in every round of the Africa Cup of Nations, and Ismael Saibari added a second, to send Morocco through to the quarterfinals following a 2-0 victory over Cameroon in Rabat on Friday.

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
1
40.7
Possession
59.3
9
SHOTS
5
3
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
158
Accurate Passes
267
226
Passes
342
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
61
15
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
9
18
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
3
Interceptions
5
35
Effective Clearances
19
35
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:37 Predicting the outcome of Cameroon vs. Morocco in the AFCON quarterfinals Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MAR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CMR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 16Devis EpassyG
  2. 17Samuel Junior KottoCD
  3. 5Nouhou ToloCD-L
  4. 3Che MaloneCD-R
  5. 24Carlos BalebaCM-L
  6. 15Arthur AvomCM-R
  7. 18Mahamadou NagidaLM
  8. 2Junior TchamadeuRM
  9. 26Christian KofaneF
  10. 14Danny NamasoCF-L
  11. 10Bryan MbeumoCF-R

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 25Adam MasinaCD-L
  3. 5Nayef AguerdCD-R
  4. 24Neil El AynaouiDM
  5. 3Noussair MazraouiLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 11Ismael SaibariCM-L
  8. 23Bilal El KhannoussCM-R
  9. 17Abde EzzalzouliLM
  10. 10Brahim DíazRM
  11. 20Ayoub El KaabiF

Timeline

  1. 9' Arthur Avom (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Substitution, Cameroon. Junior Dina Ebimbe replaces Junior Tchamadeu because of an injury.
  3. 26' Goal! Cameroon 0, Morocco 1. Brahim Díaz (Morocco) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoub El Kaabi following a corner.
  4. 39' Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 58' Substitution, Cameroon. Georges-Kévin N'Koudou replaces Junior Dina Ebimbe.
  7. 67' Substitution, Morocco. Youssef En-Nesyri replaces Ayoub El Kaabi.
  8. 68' Substitution, Morocco. Sofyan Amrabat replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
  9. 74' Goal! Cameroon 0, Morocco 2. Ismael Saibari (Morocco) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nayef Aguerd following a set piece situation.
  10. 77' Substitution, Cameroon. Karl Etta Eyong replaces Christian Kofane.
  11. 77' Substitution, Cameroon. Jean Onana replaces Carlos Baleba.
  12. 77' Substitution, Cameroon. Frank Magri replaces Danny Namaso.
  13. 86' Substitution, Morocco. Oussama Targhalline replaces Ismael Saibari.
  14. 86' Substitution, Morocco. Soufiane Rahimi replaces Abde Ezzalzouli.
  15. 87' Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Substitution, Morocco. Hamza Igamane replaces Brahim Díaz because of an injury.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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