Final, Morocco vs Mali (tomorrow 10pm)
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3 February 20213 February 2021.From the section Sport Africa
Soufiane Boutfini celebrates with team-mates after setting Morocco on their way to a second successive CHAN final
Morocco will defend their African Nations Championship (CHAN) title against Mali in Sunday's final in Yaounde after the holders thrashed Cameroon 4-0 in Wednesday's semi-final.
The Moroccans were simply too good for the hosts, as a double from Soufiane Rahimi either side of goals from Soufiane Bouftini and Mohammed Ali Bemammer secured a comprehensive win.
The North Africans secured the title on home soil in 2018 when beating Nigeria 4-0 in the final.
Mali goalkeeper Djigui Diarra was a hero as his side reached the African Nations Championship final
Earlier in the day, goalkeeper Djigui Diarra and Mamadou Coulibaly were the penalty heroes as Mali beat Guinea after the first semi-final ended goalless after an evenly-balanced 120 minutes at Douala's Japoma Stadium.
While Guinea face a Cameroon looking to restore pride in Douala on Saturday, Yaounde's Ahmadou Ahidjou Stadium will host the final the following day as Morocco try to become the second team, after DR Congo, to win the CHAN twice.
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Key points
Third Place finish (Guinea vs Cameroon - today 10pm)
The African Nations Championships enters the final lap this weekend, with only two matches to go. The first will pit Guinea against tournament hosts Cameroon in the third place playoff on Saturday.
Guinea missed the chance to play in the final in the most painful way, falling on post match penalties after drawing 0-0 with Mali and going to the spot kicks. Guinea headed to the quarter finals unbeaten in six matches in this competition but their loss means they can’t go past their best performance in the competition. In 2016,
Cameroon managed to scrap through the group stages then rose from a goal down to beat Congo DR in the quarters. They however found the going tough against the defending champions Morocco, who whacked them 4-0 in the semis.
Cameroon will hope to end the tournament on a high, with a win to reward the home fans. That too may be tough to achieve as they have not been very impressive in attack. Meanwhile, their matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored in the last two and two of the last five matches have produced clean sheets.
Key points
Last updated on
3 February 20213 February 2021.From the section Sport Africa
Soufiane Boutfini celebrates with team-mates after setting Morocco on their way to a second successive CHAN final
Morocco will defend their African Nations Championship (CHAN) title against Mali in Sunday's final in Yaounde after the holders thrashed Cameroon 4-0 in Wednesday's semi-final.
The Moroccans were simply too good for the hosts, as a double from Soufiane Rahimi either side of goals from Soufiane Bouftini and Mohammed Ali Bemammer secured a comprehensive win.
The North Africans secured the title on home soil in 2018 when beating Nigeria 4-0 in the final.
Mali goalkeeper Djigui Diarra was a hero as his side reached the African Nations Championship final
Earlier in the day, goalkeeper Djigui Diarra and Mamadou Coulibaly were the penalty heroes as Mali beat Guinea after the first semi-final ended goalless after an evenly-balanced 120 minutes at Douala's Japoma Stadium.
While Guinea face a Cameroon looking to restore pride in Douala on Saturday, Yaounde's Ahmadou Ahidjou Stadium will host the final the following day as Morocco try to become the second team, after DR Congo, to win the CHAN twice.
CHAN: Holders Morocco through to meet Mali in final
Holders Morocco will defend their title against Mali in Sunday's final of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon.
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Key points
- Morocco are unbeaten in 16 matches in this competition.
- Morocco have scored 13 goals in five matches at this tournament.
- Mali have scored just three goals at this tournament.
- Mali are unbeaten in nine matches in this competition
Third Place finish (Guinea vs Cameroon - today 10pm)
The African Nations Championships enters the final lap this weekend, with only two matches to go. The first will pit Guinea against tournament hosts Cameroon in the third place playoff on Saturday.
Guinea missed the chance to play in the final in the most painful way, falling on post match penalties after drawing 0-0 with Mali and going to the spot kicks. Guinea headed to the quarter finals unbeaten in six matches in this competition but their loss means they can’t go past their best performance in the competition. In 2016,
Cameroon managed to scrap through the group stages then rose from a goal down to beat Congo DR in the quarters. They however found the going tough against the defending champions Morocco, who whacked them 4-0 in the semis.
Cameroon will hope to end the tournament on a high, with a win to reward the home fans. That too may be tough to achieve as they have not been very impressive in attack. Meanwhile, their matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored in the last two and two of the last five matches have produced clean sheets.
Key points
- Cameroon have two clean sheets in their last five matches.
- Cameroon have scored more than once in just one game at this tournament.
- Guinea have three clean sheets in the last five CHAN matches
- Guinea have failed to score in one of their five matches at this tournament.
