Morocco beats Zambia 3-0In Casablanca on Wednesday, Morocco's soccer squad beat Zambia 3-0 in a friendly as part of preparations for the 2010 FIFA world cup/Africa nations' cup qualifiers. Our sports editor reports:
Three minutes into the first half, the Atlas Lions opened the scoring through midfielder Lhoucine Kharga. 21 minutes later, Porto striker Tarik Sektioui doubled the score from the penalty point after Nabil Derar was brought down in the box.
In the second half, Malaga striker, Nabil Baha, offered a third goal to the Atlas Lions following a long, beautiful pass from midfielder Merouane Zemmama.
The game was an opportunity for national manager, Roger Lemerre, to try a number of newcomers, who gave a good account of themselves in the match, especially the goalkeeper Karim Zaza.
Morocco will play Gabon, Cameroon and Togo in Group A of the 2010 Can/ World cup qualifiers.
The Atlas Lions will start the last stage of qualifiers in a home game before Gabon, before flying to Cameroon to play the Indomitable Lions. They will wrap up the first leg of the qualifiers in another home game before Togo, which participated in the latest edition of the World Cup.
The top of this group will advance to the 2010 South Africa World Cup, while the top three teams will join host Angola to take part at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
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