Ziyech leads Morocco to beat Central African Republic

The English Chelsea star scored two goals (31 from penalties and 33) after giving the first goal to the Inter Milan defender recovering from the new Corona virus Ashraf Hakimi (10), while the substitute Zakaria Abu scored during the fourth goal (64 ), and the guest goal came through Louis Mafota (25). ).

Ziyash (27 years old) did not disappoint the hopes of his Bosnian coach Waheed Khalilodzic, who succeeded Frenchman Herve Ronard in mid-August last year, by giving his country its first victory over his counterpart after drawing twice in the two games that had in the previous qualifiers.

Ziyash broke his scoring streak with his country, which has been happening since November 16, 2018, when he scored a double against Cameroon (2-0) in the fifth round of the qualifiers for the last edition of the continental championship that was held in Egypt. last year.

This match comes almost a year after the continental competition ended due to the “Covid-19” virus outbreak, as it was the last match against Burundi, in which the Red Team won 3-0.

The Moroccan team regained the top of the group standings from Mauritania, which drew 1-1 with Burundi on Wednesday.

The Atlas Lions raised their score to seven points, two points behind Mauritania, three points for the Central African Republic and one point for Burundi.

The Moroccan team has not lost an official match since its 0-1 defeat to Portugal in the second round of the second group in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, knowing that its exclusion from the last edition of the African Cup of Nations of the final eighth round against Benin came with a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw, which is recorded in the records as a draw, not a loss.

The Moroccan team has fought since that date, including today’s match, 15 matches (World Cup, African Nations and qualifiers), where they won ten matches and drew five.

The Moroccan national team will visit their counterpart, the Central African Republic, on Thursday in the fourth round.