The forward of Real Madrid Brahim Diaz He made his debut this Friday wearing the Moroccan national team shirt in a friendly match Angola where the ‘Atlas lion’ was characterized by a strong offensive but with little success, which led them to score a goal against some more defense-oriented Angolans. Wearing number 10 in the red-green shirt, Brahim played until the 86th minute of the friendly, with the Moroccan team ready to avenge the bitter experience of the 2024 Africa Cup.
After the revelation and finishing fourth in the World Cup in Qatar, the lions did not go past the round of 16 in the African tournament, which caused a decrease in support for their coach Walid Regragui, the same one who, according to what he said before the friendly, won the confidence of Brahim a year and a half ago when he was still playing in Milan.
This Friday, in a 45,000-seat Great Stadium in Agadir, the expected Real Madrid forward won the crowd’s applause with his dribbling and starred in two shots on goal from free kicks, both in the 58th and 83rd minutes. , touching. the crossbar. Brahim played alongside two other Moroccans in European leagues, Achraf Hakimi (PSG) and Hakim Ziyech (Betis), but failed to score in a match where the Moroccans’ superiority did not translate into goals.
The ‘Atlas lion’ took 72% of possession and took five shots on goal, compared to just one for Pedro Gonçalves’ Angolan ‘black antelope’, who nevertheless outclassed the Moroccans in the African Cup with their surprise arrival in the quarterfinals. Of the five shots on that goal, only one hit the crossbar, in the 71st minute and the result of Yahia Attiatallah’s pass to Soufiane Rahimi who ended up in the goal after Angolan David Carno’s last touch, which became his own goal. ..
After today’s match, Morocco will face Mauritania in the second friendly next Tuesday, with a team that has top players such as Bono, former Sevilla goalkeeper; Achraf Hakimi, from PSG; West Ham’s Naif Aguerd; Sofian Amrabat, from Manchester United; Hakim Ziyech, Ez Abde, from Betis; Youssef En-Nesyri, from Sevilla or Azzedine Ounahi, from Marseille, among others.
Source: La Verdad
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