Morocco crush hosts Rwanda

Four goals conceded in the first half by Rwanda saw Morocco cruise to victory in the teams' final Group A game of the first stage of CHAN 2016, but Rwanda still go through to the knockouts along with Cote d’Ivoire.

Ivory Coast joined defeated Gabon 4-1 in Butare in the other Group game yesterday and, therefore, go through with Rwanda to the quarterfinals.

As early as the 5th minute, Ernest Sugira made a good run on the right flank but no one picked up his pass, and Savio Nshuti's attempt was saved by Bourkadi. Then, five minutes later, Sugira had another scoring chance, but Bourkadi saved it easily as Morocco also forced a good save from Kwizera on the other end.

In the 15th minute Morocco took the lead after Abdelghani Mouaoui picked up a through pass from Achchakir and drove a powerful shot past Olivier Kwizera in goals.

Morocco went into a 2-0 lead after 24 minutes when Aziz netted, but Ngomirakiza pulled one back for Rwanda three minutes later.

Seven minutes before the interval and Morocco went 3-1 ahead as Abdeladim Khadrouf reinstated Morocco's two-goal cushion. Then, with two minutes to the break, Aziz Mouaoui found the back of the net for the second time today to make it 4-1 at half time.

The second half started slowly and the goals dried up after the five scored in the opening half. Chances on ether end were a lot less a feature for the first 20 minutes of the second stanza. MTNfootball