Morocco vs Tanzania 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

Morocco

30': Romain Saïss
77': Azzedine Ounahi
80': Youssef En-Nesyri

FT
3 - 0

Tanzania

70': Novatus Miroshi

Favourites Morocco make winning start at Cup of Nations

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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.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
22': Himid Mao (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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.
32': Novatus Miroshi (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Substitution, Tanzania. Simon Msuva replaces Tarryn Allarakhia.
45': Substitution, Tanzania. Morice Abraham replaces Mudathir Yahya.
52': Romain Saïss (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Charles M'Mombwa (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card.
61': Mohamed Chibi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
69': Substitution, Tanzania. Feisal Salum replaces Mbwana Samatta.
70': Second yellow card to Novatus Miroshi (Tanzania) for a bad foul.
71': Substitution, Morocco. Amine Adli replaces Abde Ezzalzouli.
72': Substitution, Morocco. Bilal El Khannouss replaces Selim Amallah.
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.
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.
81': Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Hakim Ziyech.
81': Substitution, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
81': Substitution, Morocco. Amine Harit replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
90'+6': Mohamed Hussein (Tanzania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Laurent Pokou
Location: San-Pedro, Ivory Coast
Attendance: 15,478

Africa Cup of Nations Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+2	Ivory Coast	3	7	0
+2	Cameroon	3	7	0
-1	Mozambique	3	3	2
-3	Gabon	3	0	3

Full Table

Statistics

TAN		MAR
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

Line-Ups

Morocco (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
6	Romain Saïss
5	Nayef Aguerd
4	Sofyan Amrabat
27	Mohamed Chibi
2	Achraf Hakimi
15	Selim Amallah
8	Azzedine Ounahi
16	Abde Ezzalzouli
7	Hakim Ziyech
19	Youssef En-Nesyri

Substitutes:

Yunis Abdelhamid, Ayoub El Kaabi, Chadi Riad, Munir El Kajoui, Bilal El Khannouss, Oussama El Azzouzi, Amine Adli, Amir Richardson, Amine Harit, Tarik Tissoudali, Ismael Saibari, Sofiane Boufal.

Tanzania (4-3-3)

No.	Name
18	Aishi Manula (GK)
4	Ibrahim Hamad
14	Bakari Mwamnyeto
15	Mohamed Hussein
2	Haji Mnoga
7	Himid Mao
20	Novatus Miroshi
3	Mudathiri Yahya
21	Charles M'Mombwa
11	Tarryn Allarakhia
10	Mbwana Samatta

Substitutes:

Beno Kakolanya, Lusajo Mwaikenda, Mohammed Sagaf, Dickson Job, Denis Kibu, Miano Van Den Bos, Abdulimalik Zakaria, Abdi Banda, Ben Starkie, Simon Msuva, Morice Abraham, Feisal Salum.