Morocco vs Benin, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Round of 16

· Benin win 4-1 on penalties

Morocco

75': Youssef En-Nesyri

FT - Penalties
1 - 1
Benin win 4-1 on penalties

Benin

53': Moïse Adilehou
97': Khaled Adénon

Benin oust Morocco on penalties in AFCON shock

Ten-man Benin rode their luck to eliminate Morocco on penalties in an extraordinary upset in the opening match of the AFCON knockout stage.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
5': Foul by Jodel Dossou (Benin).
5': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Cebio Soukou (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco).
6': Attempt saved. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat.
6': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Saturnin Allagbe.
6': Attempt missed. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech with a cross following a corner.
10': Foul by Mickaël Poté (Benin).
10': Romain Saïss (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Attempt missed. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Karim El Ahmadi.
12': Emmanuel Imorou (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
15': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Khaled Adénon.
22': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
22': Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23': Attempt saved. Mickaël Poté (Benin) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Imorou.
26': Foul by Jodel Dossou (Benin).
26': Nordin Amrabat (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Mickaël Poté (Benin).
27': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Attempt saved. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moubarak Boussoufa.
28': Attempt missed. Younès Belhanda (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat.
31': Foul by Olivier Verdon (Benin).
31': Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco).
32': Jordan Adeoti (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Emmanuel Imorou (Benin).
34': Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Attempt missed. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
38': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
38': Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Offside, Morocco. Romain Saïss tries a through ball, but Nordin Amrabat is caught offside.
40': Offside, Morocco. Hakim Ziyech tries a through ball, but Youssef En-Nesyri is caught offside.
41': Khaled Adénon (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
42': Hand ball by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
45': Foul by Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco).
45': Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco).
45'+1': Moise Adilehou (Benin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+2': First Half ends, Morocco 0, Benin 0.
45': Second Half begins Morocco 0, Benin 0.
49': Corner, Benin. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
50': Attempt missed. Mama Seibou (Benin) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
51': Cebio Soukou (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
52': Attempt missed. Younès Belhanda (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
53': Attempt blocked. Mickaël Poté (Benin) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cebio Soukou.
53': Corner, Benin. Conceded by Manuel da Costa.
53': Goal! Morocco 0, Benin 1. Moise Adilehou (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cebio Soukou with a cross following a corner.
58': Foul by Nordin Amrabat (Morocco).
58': Olivier Verdon (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Foul by Mickaël Poté (Benin).
59': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
59': Substitution, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal replaces Younès Belhanda.
60': Attempt missed. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Nordin Amrabat with a cross.
61': Hand ball by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
66': Offside, Morocco. Romain Saïss tries a through ball, but Nordin Amrabat is caught offside.
66': Foul by Moise Adilehou (Benin).
66': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
68': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Jordan Adeoti.
68': Attempt missed. Nabil Dirar (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moubarak Boussoufa with a cross following a corner.
69': Substitution, Benin. David Djigla replaces Cebio Soukou.
69': Foul by Jodel Dossou (Benin).
69': Manuel da Costa (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
71': Attempt saved. Mickaël Poté (Benin) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Imorou.
71': Foul by Mama Seibou (Benin).
71': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
72': Foul by Mama Seibou (Benin).
72': Nordin Amrabat (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Khaled Adénon.
74': Substitution, Morocco. Noussair Mazraoui replaces Nabil Dirar.
75': Goal! Morocco 1, Benin 1. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moubarak Boussoufa.
77': Foul by David Djigla (Benin).
77': Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
77': Foul by Jodel Dossou (Benin).
77': Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Emmanuel Imorou.
80': Foul by Mickaël Poté (Benin).
80': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Attempt saved. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
82': Attempt missed. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left following a set piece situation.
82': Foul by Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin).
82': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Delay in match because of an injury Mickaël Poté (Benin).
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
87': Substitution, Benin. Tidjani Anaane replaces Jodel Dossou.
87': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
87': Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Substitution, Morocco. Oussama Idrissi replaces Nordin Amrabat.
88': Foul by Jordan Adeoti (Benin).
88': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89': Attempt saved. Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
89': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Saturnin Allagbe.
90'+1': David Djigla (Benin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Foul by Oussama Idrissi (Morocco).
90'+1': Oussama Idrissi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+3': Attempt saved. Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
90'+3': Foul by Tidjani Anaane (Benin).
90'+3': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Penalty Morocco. Achraf Hakimi draws a foul in the penalty area.
90'+4': Penalty conceded by Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin) after a foul in the penalty area.
90'+6': Penalty missed! Still Morocco 1, Benin 1. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) hits the right post with a left footed shot.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Morocco 1, Benin 1.
90': First Half Extra Time begins Morocco 1, Benin 1.
91': Foul by Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco).
91': Stéphane Sessegnon (Benin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
94': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karim El Ahmadi.
94': Foul by Oussama Idrissi (Morocco).
94': Mickaël Poté (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
95': Foul by Mama Seibou (Benin).
95': Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
97': Delay in match because of an injury Moise Adilehou (Benin).
97': Second yellow card to Khaled Adénon (Benin).
97': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
100': Foul by Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco).
100': Mickaël Poté (Benin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
100': Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
101': David Djigla (Benin) wins a free kick on the left wing.
101': Foul by Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco).
102': Corner, Benin. Conceded by Youssef En-Nesyri.
103': Hand ball by Tidjani Anaane (Benin).
105': Emmanuel Imorou (Benin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
105': Foul by Oussama Idrissi (Morocco).
105'+1': Foul by Mama Seibou (Benin).
105'+1': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
105'+1': Mama Seibou (Benin) is shown the yellow card.
105'+2': First Half Extra Time ends, Morocco 1, Benin 1.
105': Second Half Extra Time begins Morocco 1, Benin 1.
106': Foul by Tidjani Anaane (Benin).
106': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
106': Tidjani Anaane (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
107': Substitution, Morocco. Faycal Fajr replaces Karim El Ahmadi.
108': Substitution, Benin. Sessi D'Almeida replaces Mickaël Poté.
108': Foul by David Djigla (Benin).
108': Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
109': Attempt saved. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
109': David Djigla (Benin) wins a free kick on the left wing.
109': Foul by Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco).
113': Offside, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal tries a through ball, but Youssef En-Nesyri is caught offside.
114': Attempt blocked. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Noussair Mazraoui.
115': Attempt saved. Faycal Fajr (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech.
116': Attempt missed. Manuel da Costa (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Faycal Fajr.
117': Attempt missed. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Moubarak Boussoufa.
120'+1': Hand ball by Saturnin Allagbe (Benin).
120'+2': David Djigla (Benin) wins a free kick on the left wing.
120'+2': Foul by Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco).
120'+2': Attempt missed. Tidjani Anaane (Benin) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sessi D'Almeida.
120'+3': Attempt missed. Manuel da Costa (Morocco) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Romain Saïss.
120'+3': Second Half Extra Time ends, Morocco 1, Benin 1.
120': Penalty Shootout begins Morocco 1, Benin 1.
120': Goal! Morocco 1, Benin 1(1). Olivier Verdon (Benin) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Goal! Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(1). Oussama Idrissi (Morocco) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
120': Goal! Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(2). David Djigla (Benin) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
120': Match ends, Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(4).
120': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Sofiane Boufal should be disappointed.
120': Goal! Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(3). Tidjani Anaane (Benin) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
120': Penalty saved! Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
120': Goal! Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(4). Mama Seibou (Benin) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
120': Penalty Shootout ends, Morocco 1(1), Benin 1(4).

Statistics

BEN		MAR
29	Fouls	14
3	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	4
3	Corner Kicks	6
6	Saves	3
33.2	Possession	66.8
7	SHOTS	22
4	ON GOAL	7
0.6	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
192	Accurate Passes	513
320	Passes	644
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	5
7	Crosses	20
0.1	Cross %	0.3
81	Long Balls	93
22	Accurate Long Balls	45
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	3
14	Effective Tackles	19
24	Tackles	30
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
8	Interceptions	15
20	Effective Clearances	12
20	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Al Salam Stadium
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Attendance: 7,500

Line-Ups

Morocco (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
6	Romain Saïss
4	Manuel da Costa
2	Achraf Hakimi
17	Nabil Dirar
8	Karim El Ahmadi
10	Younès Belhanda
14	Mbark Boussoufa
19	Youssef En-Nesyri
16	Nordin Amrabat
7	Hakim Ziyech

Morocco Substitutes:

Medhi Benatia, Abdelkarim Baadi, Yunis Abdelhamid, Oussama Idrissi, Munir El Kajoui, Youssef Aït Bennasser, Khalid Boutaïb, Noussair Mazraoui, Mehdi Bourabia, Reda Tagnaouti, Sofiane Boufal, Faycal Fajr.

Benin (5-4-1)

No.	Name
16	Saturnin Allagbé (GK)
3	Khaled Adénon
6	Olivier Verdon
13	Moïse Adilehou
11	Emmanuel Imorou
18	Seibou Mama
17	Stéphane Sessegnon
8	Jordan Adéoti
20	Jodel Dossou
14	Cebio Soukou
10	Mickaël Poté

Benin Substitutes:

Junior Salomon, Sessi D'Almeida, David Djigla, Fabien Farnolle, David Kiki, Cherif Dine Akakpo, Désiré Ségbé Azankpo, Tidjani Anaane, Rodrigue Kossi, Rodrigue Fassinou.

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