00:00Music
00:18Under the rain in Rabat, we are underway to begin the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025
00:26Amrabat again, chipped towards the far side, Masraoui controls beautifully
00:35Square ball and there it is!
00:39Not to be denied, the top scorer in qualifying scores the opening goal of the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025
00:49Brahim Diaz steps up and is counted on home soil
00:59Ten minutes into the second half, deadlock broken and Brahim Diaz has the all-important goal
01:05Seven goals in just four qualifying matches
01:08Ezzazuli
01:11Straight down the centre now
01:13Numbers there for Morocco to take advantage, Salah did
01:17Oh that is sensational!
01:20That is glorious!
01:21The rain is falling down
01:28But he would not be denied the most spectacular finish
01:33Ayob El Gabi
01:36In CAF competitions continues to impress
01:41Morocco opened the scoring through Brahim Diaz, calm, composed, wonderful
01:49But the flashy flamboyance of Ayob El Gabi has stepped up
01:56Maybe one final throw in to come
01:59Referee says that's where it will end it
02:09Referee gets us underway
02:10It is Morocco in their traditional red and green taking on Mali in white in this stadium
02:18Five days ago
02:21Brahim Diaz gives Morocco the lead in added time at the end of the opening half from the penalty mark
02:28Successfully converts
02:29And points Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Salah, Nicolas Jackson and Ilyas Fashuri
02:34With two goals in the tournament
02:36But importantly for the home side
02:38Who haven't conceded
02:40In ten internationals in succession
02:42They've got the lead
02:44And it's a mountain for Mali now
02:46And it's coming up
02:50Teneyoko against Borno
02:53Slips it under the absolutely brilliant goalkeeper
02:57And while the great penalty saver
02:59And for the first time since March 2024
03:04Morocco failed to win an international
03:07Morocco urged by a nation
03:08Zambia organized alerts and determined to spoil the party
03:11We are underway
03:13Zambia in the orange and black against Morocco
03:16In not their traditional red but rather white
03:18Winning immediately
03:19Brahim Diaz charging forward
03:20Lovely ball out wide
03:21Chance for the earliest goal ever at an Afghan
03:23And not going to happen here and now
03:25But my word
03:27We'll head out towards the corner flag
03:29Takes it a little short to the edge of the area
03:31Back post, header and goal
03:33Ayub Elkabi strikes
03:35A 31st international goal
03:37And is second in this tournament
03:39He scored a wonder goal against Comoros
03:41He's lit up the stadium here in Rabat
03:44With an early goal against Zambia
03:48That's what they needed
03:51At all cost, an early goal
03:53Oh, a slight smile from Fouzi Lekja
03:56The man in charge of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation
03:59He can afford a smile
04:01As Morocco have utterly enlivened this crowd
04:05And the stadium
04:07Ayub Elkabi strikes again
04:09Oh, that's a delightful ball
04:10Perfectly weighted
04:11Ezra Zouli on the end of it
04:12Comeback space
04:13Chance there
04:14And he's done it
04:16Brahim Diaz becomes only the second Moroccan to score in all three group stage matches for Morocco
04:22Not since 1976 when Ahmed Faraz, who lifted the trophy that year with Morocco, did it
04:29Has any Moroccan done it?
04:30Now the Atlas Lion himself
04:33Brahim Diaz can celebrate a second Morocco goal in this game
04:37A third of the tournament
04:40And not just a box ticked
04:42But a record equal
04:43After Samad Ezra Zouli stand over it
04:48Both Spain-based
04:50Ezra Zouli with Real Batiste
04:52Lovely ball over the top
04:53And it's there again
04:55Absolutely glorious
04:56What a goal
04:58Unfortunately it's an offside
05:00Oh my word
05:02The flag raised
05:04What a goal
05:06This would have been perfect for me
05:09Ayub Elkabi
05:11It will be checked
05:13Oh and he might be onside here
05:15This might count
05:17The flag has gone up
05:18But we will go upstairs to check this
05:21He might be onside, huh?
05:23Well, Ayub Elkabi
05:25Disappointed
05:27But my word
05:28That is tight
05:30The successes the Moroccans have had
05:33You know
05:34It's not been easy
05:36That is the end of this tie
05:37After the goalless draw between
05:43Boro Traore gets us underway
05:46As Morocco kick off
05:47They are in the familiar red and green
05:49Against Tanzania
05:50In the black and blue
05:56Inside the area
05:57A little star quality
05:58Tight angle
05:59And the goal has finally come
06:02Brahim Diaz
06:03Becomes the first Moroccan to score
06:05In four matches
06:06Of an African Cup of Nations
06:08He's done it in successive games
06:10And he's broken the deadlock
06:11He's broken the deadlock again
06:13Seven goals in qualifying
06:14He's top goalscorer in the qualifiers
06:17Four goals in the finals
06:19Top goalscorer
06:20In the finals
06:22Brahim Diaz
06:26His return has been
06:29Most impressive
06:31With that
06:33The final whistle sounds
06:34And Morocco have done enough
06:35To advance
06:36To advance
06:41Referee Dahan Beda says
06:42We are underway
06:43Morocco in the white
06:44With red trim
06:45Against Cameroon
06:48Okubi
06:50Half a dozen corners already
06:51The header
06:52And it's good
06:53Morocco lead
06:57I'm not going to mention names
06:59Just take a guess
07:01Morocco with a breakthrough
07:03Inside the opening half hour
07:06The set piece has finally delivered
07:09And a man who's done so
07:10Continually throughout this tournament
07:12Does so again
07:14Brahim Diaz has five in five
07:17The tournament's leading scorer
07:18Romps his way to it
07:24Ezra Zouli
07:26Inviting ball
07:27Back post
07:28Saibari
07:29Drills it home for two
07:30And a man who is so deserving of a goal
07:32This tournament
07:33Finally has one
07:36Ismael Saibari
07:40One of the best players
07:41Not to have scored
07:42Until now
07:43At this tournament
07:44Spain born
07:46Belgian raised
07:47Dutch based
07:48Moroccan hero
07:50Saibari strikes
07:51And Morocco have a cushion goal
07:55Like we always say
07:56There is nothing better
07:57Than a quality festival
08:00Just as the stadium's going crazy
08:03Absolute seeds
08:07And that is it
08:09Morocco advances
08:11The 38 year old Ghanaian referee
08:14Daniel Ni-Laria
08:15Gets us underway
08:16In this semi-final tie
08:17Nigeria turn out
08:18With white with green trim
08:19But like
08:20Unwachu
08:21Oh
08:22Porno with a save
08:23One hand
08:25How
08:27Somehow
08:29Finds a way
08:31To deny
08:33The goal
08:34The goal
08:35The goal
08:36The goal
08:37The goal
08:38The goal
08:39The goal
08:40To deny
08:41Chukwesi
08:44He spread himself
08:45Like a wall
08:48And one hand
08:49Just one
08:50In the way
08:51Of that Chukwesi effort
09:00That is
09:01Is put
09:02Morocco
09:03On the brink
09:06In Neisserie
09:07From 12 yards out
09:08From 12 yards out
09:09To send Morocco
09:10Into the final
09:12Finds it
09:13With conviction
09:14He finds eternity
09:15For Morocco
09:17Nigeria
09:18Will play for third
09:19But it is Morocco
09:20Who will face Senegal
09:21In the final
09:23They could not do it
09:24In 120 minutes
09:26They could not do it
09:27In 120 minutes
09:28But through penalties
09:30They have got the place
09:32In the final
09:33In Neisserie
09:34In Neisserie
09:46So often
09:47So accurate
09:48From the penalty mark
09:49Has done it again
09:50This time
09:51The final kick
09:52Of the shootout
09:57But this is a moment
09:58Where you have to feel
10:00Back to field
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