With the least possible effort, less fun and less enthusiasm, the Moroccan team and its Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic escaped losing points in their first match in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon, by winning once morest Ghana with a clean goal, scored by Sofiane Boufal in the 83rd minute of the match.
The black stars appeared little resourceful in the meeting, and on the other hand, luck and Buval saved Halilhodzic from a fierce attack that he was expected to receive in the event of a loss, but it will be less following the victory, because the Moroccan fans who love the round do not accept a victory with a lackluster performance.
In the following lines, we highlight some quick points in the match, especially with regard to the Moroccan national team.
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The play of both teams focused on the outskirts of the field in a negative way, neither of them succeeded in leading a dangerous attack in this way, despite the insistence of both coaches on it.
In the first half of the match, the Atlas Lions’ attacks from the depth of the field accounted for only 17%, and the rest on the sides, especially the right side, accounted for 47.2%.
As for the black stars in the first half, they played in depth by 11.6%, and their game was focused on the left side by 49.1%.
The situation continued as it was in the second half, as Morocco played 13.8% in depth, and Ghana 11.6%, and the parties remained unable to extend the periods of attack.
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Some may justify the image in which the Moroccan national team appeared in the match by the presence of many absences, and players participating together for the first time without continental experience.
But the method may be inappropriate and the synthesis not adapted, but some teams live the match with its spirit, North African teams in particular are famous for their fighting spirit on the field.
But the Bosnian battalion Vahid Halilhodzic, no spirit, no harmony, no physical fitness, what preparations were made before the tournament? Did the players forget that Morocco came out in a shameful way in the last edition of the continental championship?
What does Halilhodzic do?
Everyone knows that the succession of the French Herve Renard; The former coach of the Moroccan national team, it is not easy, but for Halilhodzic, it is perhaps very difficult.
More than one fixed ball was available to the Moroccans in the match, and dealing with it was the worst, as if the team had not trained on clear tactical sentences before the tournament, so we did not see a single clear sentence.
Interact with the match?, Morocco played the match in a 4-1-4-1 manner, and the coach did not intervene to make any change in the method or formation except in the 78th minute, by pushing Tariq Tisoudali.
We would not be exaggerating if we said that the match was like a friendly meeting, or a match of duty from Halilhodzic. He pushed 11 players and pulled his hand from the team. Will the situation continue as it is in the upcoming matches? Perhaps then the Bosnian coach will pay a bill for disputes with the team’s stars, Hakim Ziyech. And Nassir Mazraoui.
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