Advantage Morocco after brilliant goal forces draw in DR

Advantage Morocco after brilliant goal forces draw in DR
Morocco players celebrate after Zakaria Aboukhlal (C) scored their second goal against the Comoros

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 25 – Tarik Tissoudali scored a brilliant equaliser as Morocco moved closer to a sixth World Cup appearance by drawing 1-1 with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinshasa on Friday. 

A move that began with a superb slide tackle by Moroccan Romain Saiss ended with Tissoudali rifling the ball into the net on 76 minutes in the first leg of their play-off.

Yoane Wissa gave DR Congo a 12th-minute lead by sprinting down the wing, cutting inside and unleashing a shot from just outside the box that brushed Saiss and beat goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

With away goals counting double, a 0-0 draw in Casablanca on Tuesday will suffice to take Morocco to the World Cup in Qatar.

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