Africa Cup of Nations

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
  • Red Card 70': Novatus Miroshi

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.

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
0 Cameroon 0 0 0
0 Ivory Coast 0 0 0
0 Gabon 0 0 0
0 Mozambique 0 0 0
Full Table

Statistics

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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

MAR Morocco (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
1 Yassine Bounou (GK)
6 Romain Saïss
5 Nayef Aguerd
4 Sofyan Amrabat
27 Mohamed Chibi Yellow Card
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.

TAN Tanzania (4-3-3)

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

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