The Moroccan national team won the fifth edition of the African Cup for local players in Morocco after defeating Nigeria's Eagles 4-0 in the final match at the Mohamed V stadium in Casablanca.
The match began with the pressure of the Moroccan team to the net of the Nigerian team, lost Walid Karti, the first opportunity to score in the third minute after a pass from the wing Zakaria Hadraaf, after which the assistant referee rejected the second goal in the seventh minute goal from the top scorer Ayoub al-Kaabi, The 15th minute threatened the Nigerians with an excellent tackle that hit the crossbar to keep them from reaching their ninth goal of the tournament.
Gamal Al Salami's pressure on goalkeeper Ajiboye continued in search of the goal of progress, and Ismail Al Haddad's team continued to try, while the Nigerian players were able to fortify the back line and abort the "Atlas Lions" movements while relying on the attackers.
Morocco's right-winger Mohamed Al-Nuhairi lost another shot in the 35th minute, while the Nigerian team threatened the goal of Moroccan goalkeeper Zineti more than once, before Zakaria Hadraaf succeeded in scoring A coordinated attack in the last minute of the first half.
With the start of the second half of the standoff, Nigeria's left defender Moises fell into the net after being blocked by defender Mohamed Nuhiri and his second warning and thus the dismissal in the 48th minute, completing the remaining minutes with a numerical deficit that enabled Moroccan players to extend their control of the second round .
Walid Al-Karti boosted the score for the Moroccan team by scoring the second goal in the 61st minute after Al-Qaim blocked a great goal from Ayoub Al-Kaabi before Zakaria Hadraf returned three minutes later to score the third goal. Result of confrontation.
The Moroccan players then lost many chances to the Nigerian goal, while the Eagles could not reach goalkeeper Anas Zeniti, who remained in the rest of the minutes of the second half, while scoring goals Ayoub Al Kaabi, the fourth goal in the 73rd minute after the blocker On two occasions, to achieve his ninth goal in the competition.
The last minutes of the game did not come to any new, as the friends of the leader Badr Bannon mastered the passing of the ball with the total retreat of the Nigerian team, which continued the game with broken morale, before the Gambian referee Bakari Gassama declared the match with a landslide victory for the Moroccan team, Africa for local players, as the third Arab team crowned the title after Tunisia and Libya.
