Morocco beat Comoros 2-0 today, Friday, to qualify for the last eight of the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, while Senegal, afflicted with Corona, tied with Guinea in the second group.

Morocco strengthened its lead in Group C, raising its score to 6 points, while the Comoros team suffered the second defeat in a row to remain in the fourth and last place without credit before the match between Ghana and Gabon, which will be held later today.

Morocco coach Vahid Halilhojic made three changes to the starting lineup that won 1-0 against Ghana in the first match, with Sofiane Amrabat replacing Sami Mayi, Ayoub Kaabi in the place of Zakaria Abou Khall and Tarek Tisoudali in place of Azzedine Onahi.

The Moroccan team started as a striker and played more in the Comoros national team, which was content with defensive roles.

The pressure of the Atlas Lions resulted in the opening of the scoring after 16 minutes through midfielder Salim Amlah, the Belgian player Standard Liege, after evading the players and a shot that penetrated the net despite the presence of several defenders on the goal line alongside the goalkeeper.

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In the 37th minute, defender Nayef Akrad headed into the crossbar after a corner kick from the right by Sofiane Boufal.

After two minutes, Al-Kaabi was alone in the goal and evaded the goalkeeper and was preparing to shoot towards the empty net, but defender Mohamed Youssef pushed the ball away to a corner.

Tisodale led a quick counterattack in the last minute of the first half, but he did not understand his colleague Al Kaabi and missed another opportunity to consolidate the progress.

The chances of scoring for the Moroccan team continued to be missed in the second half, as Tisoudali, Kaabi and Boufal competed in wasting attempts from close range after continuous pressure.

🧤 Comoros goalkeeper 🇰🇲 shines in defending his goal with great courage.


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The Moroccan coach pushed the trio of Youssef Nassiri, Zakaria Abu Dhall, and Faisal Fajr, in the place of Tisoudali, Al Kaabi and Imran Loza, but other opportunities continued to be missed, most notably a penalty kick obtained by substitute Abou Dhal in the 83rd minute, but Nusairy's shot was blocked by goalkeeper Salem Ben Buena, who was saved after another minute solo by Nusayri. .

The Comoros goalkeeper returned to block Abu's shot from a difficult angle near the end.

After bad luck and rushing, substitute Abu added during the second goal, a minute before the end, after using the video assistant referee technology.

Senegal is far from dazzling again

In another match, Senegal, the pre-tournament candidate for the title and badly affected by Covid-19, failed to convince again in the African Nations Cup and drew 0-0 with Guinea in Bafoussam, but the two teams came close to qualifying for the final price round today, Friday.

The two teams share the lead in Group B with four points, after winning the opening round.

With the top two teams from each group qualifying, along with the four best third-placed teams, it is expected that four points will suffice to qualify for the Round of 16, but Senegal did not live up to expectations and was affected by the absence of ten players.

Senegal captain Sadio Mane had a chance to score with a close-range free kick early in the meeting, but he hit the wall.

But he was absent for long periods in the first half, in light of the brilliance of his teammate in Liverpool, Naby Keita, who pushed Guinea to attack in repeated attempts.

With an elaborate pass from Keita, two attackers singled out Senegal's goal, but Ilash Moriba's first attempt was blocked by goalkeeper Seni Diang, and Morgan Jelavuji failed to follow up.

Senegal improved a lot after the break and Bona Sarr came close to scoring after a free kick in the 52nd minute.

Four minutes later, defender Abdo Diallo headed over the crossbar after a free kick, and Mane got a golden opportunity in the 67th minute after Sarr's pass, but he shot wide.

Senegal is missing ten players due to infection, including captain Kalidou Coulibaly and main goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and Gaba also from the first match, along with Idrissa Gana Ji and Fodi Palo Toure, who contracted the virus after the difficult 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe in the first match.

"It was a very difficult match with a lot of players missing," Senegal coach Aliou Cissé said.

Guinea missed four players for being quarantined.