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Morocco rise to top of their World Cup group with 5-0 thrashing of Guinea-Bissau, many of whose players became ill after eating dinner

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Morocco thrash Guinea Bissau to go top of their World Cup group [photo courtesy]

Morocco romped to a 5-0 home win over Guinea Bissau in Rabat on Wednesday to go top of Africa’s World Cup qualifying Group I at the start of a busy week for the north Africans.

Achraf Hakimi netted from his wing back position to open the scoring just past the half-hour mark, before debutant Imran Louza converted a penalty on the stroke of halftime.

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