Morocco draw with Gabon to top Group C
Watch the goals of the match between Morocco and Gabon
Watch the goals of the match between Morocco and Gabon
Gabon draw with Morocco
Morocco took the lead in Group C, after its precious 2-2 draw against Gabon, today, Tuesday, in the last round of the group stage of the African Nations Cup.
Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal scored a penalty kick and Ashraf Hakimi scored in the 74th and 84th minutes. While Jim Alfinia and Nayef Akrd scored an own goal for Gabon in the 21st and 81st minutes.
The Moroccan team raised its score to 7 points, at the top of Group C, followed by Gabon with five points, then Comoros with 3 points, and finally Ghana with one point.
Match Events
The beginning of the confrontation was dominated by a kind of parity between the two teams until the 19th minute when Ayoub El Kaabi received a ball in the back of the Gabon defense. But he shot it weak in the hands of the goalkeeper.
Gabon’s reaction was not late, as Morocco punished Morocco for wasting Kaabi’s opportunity, after a long ball from goalkeeper Amonum. And striker Jim Alfinia arrived after a big mistake and a slip from the last defender Sofiane Chakla, to be exploited by the player and scored the first goal for Gabon.
The goal meant losing the lead from the Moroccan team in favor of Gabon. Which mobilized the Lions players to respond. The duo of Kaabi and Al-Nusairi returned to threaten the Gabon defense in the 25th minute. But the goalkeeper’s intervention thwarted this attack.
In front of the midfield gaps, coach Waheed resorted to making the first change. After he pulled Elias Shaer and replaced him with Salim Salt to restore the balance that seemed lacking. And it almost cost the Moroccan team a lot after the dangerous rebounds that Gabon players squandered in succession.
