Morocco claimed a primary Olympic medal on the eighth time of asking as they swept apart Egypt 6-0 on the Stade de la Beaujoire on Thursday.
Abde Ezzalzouli and Soufiane Rahimi impressed for the Atlas Lions, with their first half objectives sending Tarik Sektioui’s on their strategy to a podium end on the Video games.
Bilal El Khannouss, Rahimi, Akram Nakach and a shocking free-kick from captain Achraf Hakimi would add additional gloss to a powerful show after the break.
Morocco received off to a superb begin by way of Ezzalzouli’s curling effort from outdoors the field, as Rahimi added a second three minutes later with a strong header.
The outcome was put past doubt when El Khannouss notched Morocco’s third, with Rahimi netting his sixth aim of the event simply after the hour mark.
Rahimi then turned supplier to arrange Nakach inside the realm, with Hakimi rounding off a high quality show in type as he despatched an beautiful useless ball effort past Hamza Alaa.
Coming in at third place is Morocco!
They take the #bronze medal in males’s soccer
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Information Debrief: Rahimi stars in Atlas Lions’ landmark triumph
12 years after their final look on the Olympic Video games in London, Morocco returned with a bang, ending a powerful marketing campaign with a deserved bronze medal.
Rahimi, who performs his soccer within the UAE with Al Ain, has been arguably the standout participant of the event and leads the race for the Golden Boot forward of France’s Jean-Philippe Mateta and Spain’s Fermin Lopez.
Morocco outperformed their anticipated objectives (xG) by 4.76, with Rahimi contributing 0.82 to their xG whole (1.24), whereas additionally registering probably the most photographs heading in the right direction (two) and touches within the opposition field (seven).
