To everyone’s surprise, South Africa got the better of Morocco in the round of 16 of the CAN (2-0).
Another surprise in the African Cup. At the end of the round of 16 of the competition, South Africa achieved the feat of defeating the big favorite of the event, Morocco. Bafana Bafana even won by two goals against the Atlas Lions.
South Africa didn’t steal it
Like Senegal the day before, Morocco did not live up to its status. The semi-finalists of the last World Cup delivered an insipid match and they were punished. And with this defeat, there are now no North African countries left in this edition of the CAN.
Evidence Makgopa and Teboho Mokoena were the two scorers for South Africa. The first unblocked the situation with a cross shot in the 57theas for the second he found the fault on a magnificent free kick just before the buzzer (95e). It was following a foul by Sofyan Amrabat, which earned the latter a red card.
Hakimi missed a penalty
In the meantime, Morocco missed a great opportunity to come back to score. At the 87e, they obtained a penalty that Parisian Achraf Hakimi missed. He hit full axis and with force and the leather ended up on the crossbar.
In the next round, South Africa will face Cape Verde for a place in the last four of the event.
