Algeria 2023: Morocco pip Eaglets to reach quarter finals

Morocco earned all three factors to sail into the quarter-finals of the Africa U17 Cup of Nations because the Golden Eaglets wasted a basketful of alternatives in a match they dominated for big intervals in Constantine on Wednesday.

An personal objective by Tochukwu Ogboji as early because the 2nd minute was all of the Moroccans, who downed South Africa’s Amajimbo 2-0 on the opening day, wanted to make it inside a step of reserving a spot at this yr’s FIFA U17 World Cup.

As occurred of their opening match towards Zambia, the Eaglets created likelihood after likelihood however pathetically lacked precision in entrance of objective.

Abubakar Abdullahi ought to have accomplished higher than balloon the ball skywards after Emmanuel Michael put him by means of within the twenty first minute, and captain Treasured Williams additionally didn’t make hay because the North Africans mounted an impregnable rearguard.

Defender Yahaya Lawali, who was once more picked as Man-of-the-Match regardless of Nigeria’s loss, shot in direction of the sky with a by means of ball within the 69th minute. Substitutes Mild Eke and Adewale Quadri supplied the one actual assessments for the Moroccan goalkeeper in a frantic second interval.

The Eaglets will now play South Africa on Saturday, and victory is crucial as a way to be assured of qualification to the final eight.

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