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Morocco national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Round of 16
Jul 5, 2019 at 5pm UK
 
Benin national football team

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Benin win 4-1 on penalties

Herve Renard demands improvement from Morocco at Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco and Benin are both unbeaten heading into their last-16 clash.

Herve Renard has demanded more from his Morocco team as they look for a way past unbeaten Benin into the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Moroccans head into their last-16 tie at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Friday with a perfect record, having beaten Namibia, Ivory Coast and South Africa to top Group D, but their coach is still not happy.

Renard said at his pre-match press conference: "I don't think we started the tournament well. From a team perspective, we weren't good at all and I'm not happy.

"Benin have a strong defence, all players do their job and I know their manager is doing a great job."

Benin earned their place in the knockout phase as one of the four best third-placed teams after drawing with Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon, although coach Michel Dussuyer is expecting the toughest test yet from the Atlas Lions, with either Uganda or Senegal awaiting the winners in the last eight.

Dussuyer said: "We know a great deal about Morocco, whom we've faced recently. They're a strong team with good individuals and they're favourites for the tournament.

"I have a good team, yet it will be difficult. We'll try everything possible."

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Group A

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Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

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Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

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Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

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Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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