Hakimi's Morocco through to last 16 after win over Comoros

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The Morocco of Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi won 2-0 against the Comoros on Friday 14 January at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde, on the second match day of the group phase of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

A second win in as many games that allows the Atlas Lions to book their ticket to the last sixteen of the competition.

MOROCCO - COMOROS : 2-0 
CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 - Group stage - Group C - Match Day 2
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium (Yaoundé)
Goals : Amallah (16') et Aboukhlal (89').
MOROCCO : Bounou - Hakimi, Saiss (c), Aguerd, Masina – Amallah (Ounahi, 90'), Amrabat, Louza (Fajr, 65') - Tissoudali (En-Nesyri, 65'), Boufal (El Haddadi, 76') - El-Kaabi (Aboukhlal, 65'). Coach : Vahid Halilhodzic.
COMOROS : Ben Boina - B. Youssouf (Zahary, 65'), M'dahoma, Abdou (c), M. Youssouf (Mogni, 89') - M'changama, Abdullah (Bourhane, 60'), Bachirou (Djoumoi, 90') - Bakari (I. Youssouf, 90'), Selemani - Ben Nabouhane. Coach : Amir Abdou.

CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 Group C standings: :

1. Morocco / 6 points, +3 (2 matches played)
2. Gabon / 4 points, +1 (2 matches played)
3. Ghana / 1 point, -1 (2 matches played)
4. Comoros / 0 point, -3 (2 matches played)