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Hosts Morocco thrash Comoros 2-0 in AFCON 2025 opening game

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Morocco's Ayoub El Kaabi socres a bucylce kic vs Comoros in the opening game of the AFCON 2025 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat ON December 21, 2025 [Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP]

Goals from Brahim Diaz and Ayoub El Kaabi were enough to see hosts Morocco begin their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) campaign on home soil with a 2-0 win over Comoros.

Played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, which attracted a crowd of 60,180, the hosts scored in both halves to extend their their world-record winning run to 19 consecutive games.

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