Hakimi strikes again in the African Cup and takes Morocco to the quarter-finals

Morocco deservedly advanced to the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup in Cameroon, after turning its backlog against Malawi to a 2-1 victory on Tuesday in Yaounde thanks to a wonderful free kick by Achraf Hakimi, and is now waiting for the winner of the match against record holder Egypt and Ivory Coast that won the title. Algeria overthrew the title holder.

The 1976 champions fully deserved their qualification at the expense of Malawi, which reaches the playoffs for the first time in its history, as it completely dominated the match and got wholesale chances, but goalkeeper Charles Thomo and the three woods stood in his way since he found himself behind in the seventh minute with a goal by Gabadinho Mahangu.

But Al-Faraj came at the end of the first half through Youssef Al-Nusairi (2+45), before Hakimi said his speech in the 70th minute with a wonderful free kick similar to the 2-2 draw against Gabon in the last round of the group stage.

Morocco avoided by turning its backwardness into a victory, the scenario of the last version in 2019, when it was eliminated from the final price by Benin on penalties 1-4 on kicks after a 1-1 draw in the original and overtime times.

Thus, the dream of winning the second title after 1976 continues, but the next obstacle will be difficult as it puts the team of the Bosnian-French coach Vahid Halilhodzic against the winner of the fiery summit scheduled for Wednesday between Ivory Coast, which overthrew Algeria, the title holder, and Egypt, the record holder in the number of titles (7 times). ).

In the fourth round, the confrontation will be with the winner of the confrontation between hosts Cameroon and Gambia.

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