Morocco were held to a 1-1 draw by Mali in Tangier on Sunday, with the result costing the Lions of the Atlas a plac jin88bet.one e in the FIFA rankings.
The friendly was the final match of the international break for both sides and came 10 months after their previous meeting at CAN 2025 in Rabat, which also ended 1-1. Morocco have now slipp ak168app.baby ed to sixth, behind Brazil in fifth, while Mali secured a draw described as being as valuab ak168app.club le as a victory.
Morocco manager Mohamed Ouahbi made five changes to the side that started the 2-0 win over Lesotho. Ali Maamar, Nayef Aguerd, returning from injury, Anass Salah-Eddine, Ayyoub Bouaddi and Ez Abde came into the team, replacing ks168app.site Zakaria El Ouahdi, Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal, the injured Noussair Mazraoui, Oussama Targhalline and Brahim Diaz.
For Mali, Anthony Da Silva selected Mamadou Samassa in goal. Ousmane Camara moved to right-back in the absence of Hamari ic88 Traore, who began on the bench, while Check Keita started in central defence. Amadou Haidara and Lassana Coulibaly were preferred ic88 to Aliou Dieng and Kamory Doumbia in midfield, with Mamadou Doumbia replacing Lassine Sinayoko up front.
Both teams threatened inside the opening three minutes. Mali responded to a ic88 Moroccan move with a powerful effort from Yassine Bounou, who turned the ball away to his right.
Morocco gradually took control. Bouaddi carried the ball through the Mali midfield before releasing Ismael Saibari on the right, but the Bavarois was denie ic88 d by Samassa in the 20th minute. Three minutes later, Ez Abde narrowly failed to connect with Azzedine Ounahi’s cross, before Adama Camara blocked the winger’s effort at the penalty spot in lr88 the 28th minute.
Mali remained dangerous, with Ange Martial Tia beating Aguerd with a clever nutmeg and advancing towards Bounou. Bouaddi made a timely challenge to prevent him from shoot lr88 ing in the 31st minute.
Morocco took the lead four minutes later when Ez Abde converted lr88 a penalty he had won himself. The home side continued to press for a second, but Abde headed over in the 42nd minute, Ounahi sent a shot wide in the 45th and Bilal El Khannouss forced Samassa to turn a low effort behind in t lr88 he 62nd minute.
Ouahbi introduced Brahim Diaz and Soufiane Rahimi for Abde and Saibari in the 65th minute. Mali also made a series of changes, bringing on Ousmane Diakite and Gaoussou Diarra at 65 minutes, followed by Emile Doucoure, Amadou Dant op88 e, Aliou Dieng and K. Doumbia at 73 minutes. Haidara went off injured, while Dorgeles Nene, Samassa, Daouda Guindo, Mamadou Sangare and L. Coulibaly were also substituted.
The changes revitalised Mali. Bounou tipped a fierce effort over the crossbar in the 72n si88 d minute, but could not prevent the equaliser five minutes later. 88v Dante met a free-kick delivered from the right by G. Diarra and finished under the crossbar in the 77th minute.
Morocco responded with late substitutions, sending on El Ouahdi and Gessime Yassine in the 80th minute and Tawfik Bentayeb in added time. They co SEXXXXX-VN uld not find a winner, however, and the match finished 1-1.
