YAOUNDE, Cameroon
African Nations Championship (CHAN) final match hosted in Cameroonian capital Yaounde brought an end to three weeks of fierce competition. Morocco lifted the trophy with a total of 15 goals scored throughout the tournament.
The Atlas
Lions or more precisely Morocco national football team are the champions of the
2021 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
Throughout
the 90 minutes of the final match played in Cameroon, the Moroccans whipped 2-0
Mali national football team also known as Les Aigles. Morocco scored both goals
from corner kicks.
Defender
Soufiane Bouftini opened the score with a strong header at the 69th minute,
while team captain Ayoub El Kaabi sealed the win at the 80th minute.
Morocco’s
first two performances — a 1-0 win against Togo and a 0-0 draw versus Rwanda —
were unconvincing and planted doubts in many fans.
However, in
the third game, the Moroccan team appeared to finally regain the offensive
prowess that characterized it in the 2018 CHAN. It thrashed Uganda with a 5-2
score, finishing the group stage at the top.
Morocco
proceeded to beat Zambia 3-1 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, the
Moroccan team eliminated the tournament’s hosts, Cameroon, with a dominating
4-0 score, sending a strong message to their opponents in the final.
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