And it’s settled Morocco national team The result of the match in the first half was by scoring a four-pointer, and the Greek midfielder Panathinaikos, loaned from French club Marseille, imposed a penalty. Ezzedine Ounahi He himself was the star of the match, scoring a brace and making an assist.
It is the third win in a row for the Moroccan team, which qualified automatically as the host of the finals, strengthening its position in the lead with 9 points, 5 points ahead of its direct pursuer, Gabon, which tied 0-0 with Lesotho on Friday at the opening of the round.
The Moroccan and Central African Republic teams will meet on Tuesday in Oujda as well, after the latter chose Morocco as the venue for its home matches in the qualifiers.
The Moroccan national team played the match in the absence of many of its main pillars due to injury, led by the Spanish Real Madrid striker Ibrahim Diaz Its captain is Galatasaray’s Turkish winger Hakim Ziyech and Manchester United’s English defender Noussair Mazraoui, who underwent heart surgery.
Coach Walid Regragui relied on some elements for the first time, especially local defenders Jamal Harkas (Wydad Casablanca) and Youssef Belamri (Raja Casablanca), while he was forced to replace Saudi Al Hilal goalkeeper Yassine Bounou in the 32nd minute, and brought on Nahdet Berkane goalkeeper Mounir El Mohammadi.
The “Atlas Lions” put pressure from the beginning and succeeded in opening the scoring through Real Betis’ Spanish winger Abdel Samad Al Zalzouli, who took advantage of a rebound from goalkeeper Dominique Ovegan following a shot by Al Ain’s Emirati winger Sufyan Rahimi, and followed it into the goal (18).
Onahi strengthened his country’s lead with a powerful right-foot shot from outside the area that hit the goalkeeper’s far left corner, following a pass from Belamri (38).
The French captain of Paris Saint-Germain’s defender added Ashraf Hakimi The third goal was a powerful shot with his left hand from outside the area, following a pass from Onahi (45).
Onahi scored his second and fourth personal goal for the “Atlas Lions” when he received a ball from Zalzouli inside the area and shot it powerfully, hitting the roof of the crossbar and hugging the net (45+2).
Rahimi concluded the festival with a fifth goal from a penalty kick in the 71st minute.
