Hosts Morocco made it to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup with a lot of effort. The winning goal scorer in the hard-fought 1-0 (0-0) draw against Tanzania on Sunday evening was Brahim Diaz, who scored his fourth goal of the tournament.
The Real Madrid offensive player scored the decisive goal in the 64th minute in front of an atmospheric backdrop in Rabat. Diaz had already helped the fellow favorites to the decisive points with his goals in the group phase.
In the round of the last eight, the fourth-placed team in the 2022 World Cup will face Cameroon on Friday. The “Indomitable Lions” beat South Africa 2-1 (1-0) thanks to a goal from Bayer Leverkusen’s Christian Kofane.
Hakimi free kick hits the crossbar
The 26-year-old Díaz was a little lucky when he scored for Morocco from a tight angle because Tanzania’s goalkeeper Hussein Masalanga didn’t get his short corner in time. However, the 1-0 could have been made shortly beforehand when ex-Dortmunder Achraf Hakimi hit a free kick powerfully onto the crossbar in his 90th international match. The captain then prepared Díaz’s fourth goal of the tournament. The clear outsider Tanzania could no longer find an answer.
Tanzania, which had barely reached the round of 16 with two draws and one defeat, even missed a great chance to take the lead in the early stages thanks to Simon Msuva. In stoppage time, the outsider called for a penalty kick to no avail.
