Moroccan men’s football defeats Egypt to win bronze in the Olympics. Morocco defeated Egypt 6-0 on Thursday to win the bronze medal in men’s football at the Olympics. The team’s prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice, while captain Achraf Hakimi scored an incredible free kick.
Rahimi’s double gave him eight goals at the Olympics, solidifying his place as the leading scorer. Akram Nakach, Bilal El Khannouss, and Abde Ezzalzouli also scored as Nantes’ Stade de la Beaujoire victory was comfortably won.
Hakimi’s late strike put the icing on the cake as Morocco claimed its first Olympic football medal and a first for North Africa.
Morocco had already defeated Egypt in the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations final the previous year. They went on to win their first group match against Argentina and were finally beaten by Spain in the semi-finals.
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They were able to qualify for the Olympics thanks to this achievement, and they won a medal handily. Midway through the first half, Ezzalzouli of Real Betis of Spain gave Morocco the lead with an incredible strike from well inside the box.
Soon after, Rahimi headed in a cross from Ezzalzouli to make it 2-0, and the Atlas Lions dominated the second half of the match.
El Khannouss curled a low shot into the bottom-right corner from just outside the box for the third goal, and Rahimi got his second to make it 4-0 when he controlled a pass by Ilias Akhomach before firing in. Moroccan men’s football defeats Egypt to win bronze in the Olympics
Striker Rahimi, who has at least four more goals than any other player in the tournament, then turned provider for defender Akram Nakach to make it five.
However, Hakimi saved the best for last by finding the net with a missile of a free-kick from 30 meters three minutes from the end. That was Morocco’s 17th goal in six matches at the Games. Also, read
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