Six months after their friendly match in Rabat won by the Atlas Lions (1-0), Morocco and Ghana met for the first day of Group C of CAN 2021. The Atlas Lions win once again thanks to Sofiane Boufal, scorer after a very closed match.

The first big shock of this CAN 2021 which opposed two former winners thus turns to the advantage of Morocco at the expense of Ghana (1-0). But that big poster on paper actually gave birth to a mouse. Between failed transmissions, very low intensity and caution from the two teams, there was nothing to ignite during the first 45 minutes. The 22 players returned to the locker room for the break leaving viewers really hungry. Aimlessly and without even a real opportunity.

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And Bouffal appears at the end of boredom!

It is Sofiane Boufal, the most enterprising Lion of the Atlas to date, who manages to find the fault. Striker Angers SCO has scored a goal of true surface fox pushing the ball into the net after a missed dribbling teammate Amallah (83 ^th ). This is only his second achievement in 23 caps. It remains however very important since it allows Morocco to tame Ghana, certainly the most formidable competitor of this pool C. While waiting to recover the attackers in the infirmary and to offer perhaps a much better show on Friday against the Comoros, the Lions of the Atlas thus make a good accounting operation.

Ghana, on the other hand, will have to be much more technically fair and dangerous offensively. The nugget of Rennes Kamaldeen Sulemenaa, usually on fire on the lawns of Ligue 1, was in “ off ” mode this evening at the Amadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaoundé. Jordan Ayew was hardly seen anymore. His brother André Ayew, survivor of the Ghanaian victory over Morocco at CAN 2008 (2-0), only had one header opportunity. The only offensive Black Star who has shown some light is therefore Paintsil. It will take much more to dominate the Gabon of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang on Friday.

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