The Democratic Republic of the Congo stunned Morocco, its Africa Cup favourites, and drew against the Group F leader, whose participation in the round of 16 has yet to be confirmed.
Regragui’s team, semi-finalists at the last World Cup in Qatar, got off to a great start. Achraf Hakimi scored 6 minutes into the match with an accurate shot after a corner kick. Morocco had three more chances to take the lead, but they fell short.
DR Congo is starting to get strong and make things complicated. Furthermore, they could have leveled the game before half-time when Amallah elbowed Henock and, through VAR, a penalty was awarded. However, Cedric Bakambu kicked him out.
Congo entered the same way, taking more and more steps forward. Mbemba again came close to equalizing, but didn’t get there until the last quarter of an hour. It’s Mvumpa, with another corner kick (76′). And they came close to winning the last play, but Mayele found a great save from Bono that cost Morocco a point.
Source: La Verdad
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