The African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup

Morocco settles the Arab summit with Sudan.. Algeria defeats Djibouti with an "embarrassing" result

Morocco won the Arab summit with its Sudanese guest, in the first round of the African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, by defeating it 2-0 today, Thursday, in the group nine competitions, while the African champion Algeria began its journey by sweeping its guest Djibouti 8-0, including four. Super Hattrick" by Islam Soleimani.

Strong start for the Atlas Lions

At the "Prince Moulay Abdallah" stadium in Rabat, and within the ninth group competitions, Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic, Chelsea star and European Champions League champion Hakim Ziyech, was absent due to a dispute between them.

The Bosnian participated in the match with a squad in which he relied on his striking strength with the presence of the Spanish duo of Seville, goalkeeper Yassin Bono, striker Youssef Al-Nusairi, French Paris Saint-Germain back Ashraf Hakimi and Benfica midfielder Adel Taarabt.

On the other hand, the French coach for the Sudan national team, Hubert Velud, relied on his regular squad, the majority of which are from the poles of the capital, Khartoum, Al-Hilal and Mars, especially goalkeeper Ali Bouachrine, the attacking trio of Athar Al-Taher, Abu Oqla Abdullah, and the spearhead, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman.

The "Atlas Lions" team needed only ten minutes to open the scoring when Ghanem Sais sent a cross in front of the "Jedian Falcons" goal, and defender Amir Kamal missed and set it up against Rennes' French defender Nayef Akrad, who followed it with a strong left into the net (10).

The Moroccans continued to dominate and missed many opportunities, especially through Taarabt and Al-Nusairi. In Hassan, the Sudanese team closed its area and relied on the strategy of quick rebounds that it excelled in in the African Nations Cup qualifiers.

In the second half, the Moroccan team tightened its control over the course of the game, and was able to consolidate its progress when Queens Park Rangers midfielder Elias Al-Shaer received the ball from the right side and hit it powerfully, Abu Oqla Abdullah headed by mistake in his country's goal (54).

Algerian flood

Within the first group, French Lyon player Islam Slimani led the "Desert Foxes" team to sweep its guest Djibouti national team in an Arab summit also 8-0 hosted by "Mustafa Chaker" stadium in Blida, of which his share was four.

The Algerian team continued its unbeaten march for the twenty-eighth match in a row, an African record, which was previously held by the Ivory Coast team with 26 unbeaten matches between 2011 and 2013. The

coach of "The Greens" Jamal Belmadi paid his full starting lineup, and the most prominent elements of which were a defender Spanish Villarreal Issa Mendi, alongside Borussia Monchengladbach player Rami Bensabini, in the middle is Milan's Ismail bin Nasser, and in the attack is Lyon's French player Islam Slimani, Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez and Qatar's Al Sadd player Baghdad Bounedjah.

The match came from one side, as the Algerian team dominated completely, and the guest team was affected by the numerical shortage since the middle of the first half after defender Mohamed Youssef

Batio was sent

off in the 23rd minute

. Soleimani scored a quartet (5, 25 penalty kicks, 46 and 53) and Rami Bensabini ( 26), Baghdad Bounedjah (40 from a penalty kick), Mahrez (67) and Rami Zerrougui (69).

Soleimani (33 years) became the second best scorer in the history of the Algerian national team, after raising his score of international goals to 35 in 35 matches, and he is one goal behind the historical scorer of the "Greens" team, Abdelhafid Tasfaout (36 goals in 80 international matches).

In the same group, Burkina Faso started the qualifiers by defeating its host Niger 2-0 in the first group matches.

Burkina Faso waited for the second half to settle the three points after Shakhtar Donetsk striker Lasina Traore opened the scoring in the 76th minute from a penalty kick, before Akhmat Grozny's Russian striker Mohamed Kanoute added the second four minutes later.

Benin followed the example of Burkina Faso by defeating Madagascar 1-0, scored by French Brest striker Steve Money in the 22nd minute.

In a second match in the same group, the Republic of Congo tied 1-1 with its guest, Tanzania.

In Group E, the meeting of Kenya and Uganda ended in a goalless draw.

In Group H, Namibia tied at home with Congo 1-1. The hero of the match was the center of the Namibian defense, Phtunwafi Charles Hambira, who opened the scoring for his country in the 24th minute, before giving the guest the equalizer in the 57th minute with an own goal.

Senegal, the 2019 African runner-up, started its campaign with a precious victory over its guest, Togo, 2-0, Wednesday, from the same group competition.

The second stage of the qualifiers will witness the participation of 40 teams, divided into 10 groups of four teams, playing round trips between them.

The top ten teams will qualify for the final round, where the five matches that will play in the home and away system will be determined, and the five winners will qualify directly for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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