RABAT, Morocco
Morocco cruised to a comfortable 5-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau who struggled with diarrhoea and vomiting before their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying match on Wednesday.
The West African
country complained of a crisis that struck their team after they had their
dinner on Tuesday, with players and members of the technical crew vomiting with
diarrhoea.
After complaining about
the issue on social media with the hope of having the match postponed, the
match commissioner ordered the encounter to go ahead at the Stade Prince Moulay
Abdallah.
"All 25 players at
Mister Baciro Cande's disposition have vomiting and diarrhoea after dinner
tonight," a statement read Guinea-Bissau FA social media page.
"Also the elements
of the technical team are also in the same situation. At the moment, players
are being transported to hospital for more intensive care."
Paris Saint-Germain
defender Achraf Hakimi started the party for Morocco with the opening goal in
the 31st minute and Imran Louza doubled the lead from the penalty spot, just
before half-time.
Four minutes after the
restart, 20-year-old Ilyas Chaira made it 3-0 for Vahid Halilhodzic's men
followed by goals from Ayoub El Kaabi and Sevilla’s El Haddadi Munir in the
62nd and 82nd minutes respectively.
The victory stretched
the Atlas Lions' unbeaten run to 19 games in all competitions and it fired them
to the top of Group I with six points from two games, while Guinea-Bissau are
second in the table with four points after three games.
In the other Group I
fixture, Sudan held Naby Keita's Guinea to a 1-1 draw in Marrakech.
The Liverpool
midfielder started on the bench and he was introduced as a 68th-minute
substitute.
Clermont star Mohamed
Bayo scored Guinea's only goal in the 56th minute but it was cancelled out by
Saifeldin Bakhit, 16 minutes later.
The Syli Nationale have
now drawn two matches back-to-back in Group I after they settled for a 1-1 draw
against Guinea-Bissau on September 1.
They are third on the
standings with two points from two matches while Sudan languish at the bottom
with just a point after three outings.
No comments:
Post a Comment