Atlas Lions of Morocco made light work of 10-man Tanzania with a comfortable 3-0 win in their opening game in Group F of the AFCON 2023.
Morocco is among the top favourites tipped to win this year’s tournament in Côte d’Ivoire.
The first and only time Morocco won the AFCON was in 1976 in Ethiopia.
Romain Saiss gave Morocco the lead in the 30th minute.
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With 20 minutes left to play, Tanzania had a player sent off as Novatus Miroshi received his second yellow card.
In the 77th minute Azzedine Ounahi made it 2-0 before Youssef En-Nesyri got on the score sheet on 80 minutes to get Morocco’s third.
The group other game will see Democratic Republic of Congo take on Chipolopolo of Zambia later on Wednesday.
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