At 03:00 Beijing time on January 26, the African Cup of Nations quarter-finals, Morocco in the case of 0-1 behind, by former Inter and Real Madrid star Ashraf using a free kick to score the winning goal, and finally reversed Malawi 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the final round of the group stage seven days ago, Morocco won the first place in the group with a free kick from Ashraf, drawing 2-2 with Gabon. At that time, the world's most expensive player, Ashraf's Paris teammate Mbappe lamented on social platforms: "Ashraf, worthy of being the best right-back in the world!" ”
Of course, on the German transfer market, the most expensive is not Ashraf, but Liverpool's Arnold.
After the group stage free-kick draw to the savior, Ashraf recreated the free-kick stunt in the first knockout game, still in the familiar position on the right side of the frontcourt, or an absolute dead end, the only difference being that the last time it was played in the top left corner, and this time it was in the top right corner.
Facing Malawi for the first time in the quarter-finals, which is participating in the African Cup of Nations knockout rounds, Morocco did not win easily. They conceded a goal in the opening seven minutes before ennissiri equalised at half-time. It wasn't until the second half, when Ashraf's free-kick hit helped the team turn the game around.
Morocco became the sixth team to advance to the quarter-finals of this year's Africa Cup of Nations, and they now have only two seats left in the round-up, with the last two groups facing Côte d'Ivoire vs Egypt and Mali vs Equatorial Guinea.