Diaz scores again as Morocco edge out Cameroon in AFCON 2025 quarterfinal

Real Madrid’s Brahim Diaz continues 2025 AFCON scoring streak arsenic Morocco borderline retired Cameroon successful quarterfinals.

Brahim Diaz scored for the 5th crippled successful a enactment astatine the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations arsenic hosts Morocco defeated Cameroon 2-0 successful their quarterfinal clash connected Friday to support live their hopes of a archetypal continental ⁠title successful 50 years.

Ismael Saibari was besides connected people successful different workmanlike show successful which ​Morocco were businesslike capable but besides created small successful the mode of chances, ‍netting from 2 of their 3 shots connected target.

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Cameroon had a beardown outcry for a punishment successful the 2nd fractional aft what looked similar a foul connected Bryan Mbeumo, but they excessively battled successful the last ‍third and did ⁠not unit location goalkeeper Yassine Bounou into a prevention successful the 90 minutes.

Morocco, who person yet to concede a extremity successful unfastened play astatine the finals, look the victor of Saturday’s 3rd quarterfinal betwixt Algeria and Nigeria successful the adjacent round, a necktie that volition beryllium played successful Rabat connected Wednesday.

The hosts took the pb successful the 26th infinitesimal via the prolific Diaz arsenic the Real Madrid subordinate showed ​his scoring instinct. Achraf Hakimi’s country was headed goalwards by Ayoub ‌El Kaabi, and Diaz deflected the shot successful from adjacent range.

He has present scored successful each of Morocco’s 5 games and extends his ain grounds for astir goals by a Moroccan astatine a azygous Cup of Nations finals, ‌but near the tract precocious connected with a heavy strapped thigh that volition beryllium a interest for manager Walid Regragui.

Chances were hard ‌to travel by for some sides, but Abde Ezzalzouli headed ⁠narrowly implicit the crossbar from different Hakimi corner, portion the second laid connected a headed accidental for Saibari that was spurned.

Cameroon were unfortunate not to get a punishment footwear erstwhile Mbeumo was caught successful the container arsenic Mauritanian ‌referee Dahane Beida waved play on, portion Georges-Kevin Nkoudou headed wide astatine the backmost station with the Indomitable Lions’ champion accidental of the game.

Morocco made it 2-0 minutes aboriginal to termination disconnected ‍the contention erstwhile Saibari was near unmarked astatine the backmost station and had clip to power the shot and occurrence debased into the acold country of the net.