Morocco Beat Niger 5-1 as En-Nesyri Makes History

In the fourth match of Group A in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Morocco faced Niger. Morocco closed the first half leading 3-1.

Continuing to dominate in the second half, the home side scored two more goals to win the match 5-1. With this victory, their third straight win in the qualifiers, Morocco raised their points total to 9.

One of the standout players of the match, Youssef En-Nesyri, took his national team goal tally to 26 with his goal. With this strike, En-Nesyri overtook Hakim Ziyech and became the third highest goal scorer in Morocco national team history. Only Ahmed Faras (36 goals) and Salaheddine Bassir (27 goals) are ahead of him on the list.

Morocco will face Niger away in their next qualifying match.