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Brahim Díaz scored his 4th extremity for Morocco astatine nan 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to put nan hosts into nan quarter-finals pinch a tense 1-0 triumph complete Tanzania successful Rabat.
Morocco dominated possession but Tanzania had opportunities to origin a immense shock, and it took a good onslaught from Brahim to book a spot successful nan past eight, wherever they will look either South Africa aliases Cameroon.
The Morocco captain, Achraf Hakimi, fed Brahim connected nan correct broadside of nan container connected 64 minutes and nan Real Madrid winger worked his measurement to nan byline, earlier firing into nan extremity from a tight perspective erstwhile astir expected a cross.
Walid Regragui’s broadside spurned respective different chances but were besides fortunate that Tanzania were wasteful too, pinch Simon Msuva and Feisal Salum missing gilt-edged opportunities for nan East Africans, who qualified for nan past 16 arsenic 1 of nan 4 champion third-placed sides contempt failing to triumph immoderate of their group games.
It was a acold from vintage capacity from nan location side, who person yet to click into apical cogwheel astatine nan tourney but did capable to support their run connected track. “The title is hotting up and we faced our toughest force successful this Tanzania team,” Brahim said.
“Not everything worked, we cognize that, but fortunately we managed to unafraid our qualification [to nan adjacent round],” Brahim, who is now nan tournament’s apical scorer, added. Now, we are going backmost to activity to beryllium afloat fresh for nan quarter-finals.”
Tanzania had an fantabulous early opportunity erstwhile Msuva had an unfastened extremity to caput into, but he could only steer his effort good wide. Morocco past had nan shot successful nan backmost of nan nett from Ismael Saibari’s header, but he was narrowly offside. Ayoub El Kaabi past missed 2 chances to people arsenic nan hosts grew frustrated.
The underdogs should person been up connected 55 minutes, arsenic Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou could only parry a long-range changeable and nan shot fell to Salum, who blasted complete nan crossbar from 10 metres pinch nan extremity gaping. Hakimi past collapsed a free footwear against nan framework of nan goal, earlier Brahim yet made nan breakthrough.
South Africa return connected Cameroon later connected Sunday successful a lucifer betwixt 2 group runners-up. Bafana-Bafana came 2nd down Egypt successful Group B, while Cameroon were undefeated successful Group F but missed retired connected apical spot to Côte d’Ivoire connected goals scored.
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