With a shot from Boufal, Morocco defeats Ghana / Watch the goals of the match
Morocco defeats Ghana
Morocco overcame all the difficulties it faced before its clash with Ghana, to score an important opening victory with a clean goal, in the match that brought the two teams together in the first round of Group C of the African Nations Cup.
Morocco’s goal came through Sofiane Boufal in the 83rd minute.
The Moroccan team won the first 3 points against its strongest rivals in the group, to be an ideal start for the Atlas Lions.
Lions coach Vahid Halilhodzic resorted to a formation that deviated from all expectations after excluding key elements that had been appearing for two years in a row in the squad, such as Sufian Amrabat, the Italian middle fielder, Fiorentina.
He also overthrew the player, Elias El Shaer, who shined in the World Cup qualifiers and promoted emerging names such as Zakaria Boukhalil and Azzedine Onahi, who represented Morocco for the first time.
With these absences, Waheed was forced to replace the tactic that he has been relying on since joining Morocco from 4-3-3 towards 3-5-2.
Morocco bet
Morocco’s bet was great to overcome what was called the curse of the beginnings that accompanied him in most of his participation in the club. Even as he collides with the strongest teams in the group. And as expected in light of the strong absences of the Moroccan team. The balance tilted at the beginning of the match to the Ghana team. It had the most possession of the ball and more Who reached the battlefield. And this happened on 3 occasions during the first quarter of an hour.
The Ghanaian team pressed against Morocco by relying on long passes from the defense axis towards the attackers Boufal and Boukhal. But they all broke on the rock of the organized Ghanaian defense, and with it. The great void appeared in the midfield of Morocco due to the absence of the playmakers from this position.
The Moroccan team’s curvature of the storm took half an hour, with its players repeating its lapses. And Adam Massina getting a warning, with the Ghanaians demanding his expulsion to attend the first dangerous attack of the Lions team in the 37th minute after a fixed ball shot by Sofiane Boufal. And Brigadier General Roman Sais turned it with his head and veered a little over the Ghanaian goalkeeper’s goal.
The player Joseph Bancell responded with a powerful shot that crossed Bono’s goal. After which the duo, Kamal El-Din Slimane, and Thomas Partey, maneuvered to confuse Morocco’s defense. Which seemed to be somewhat confused.
