Hosts Morocco made a flying begin to the 2026 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations with a cushty 4-0 victory over Kenya of their opening Group A match on Sunday night time in Rabat.
The Atlas Lionesses took management early and opened the scoring within the nineteenth minute via Sakina Ouzraoui. Maryame Atiq Ez-Zity doubled the lead 9 minutes later to place Morocco firmly in cost.
Skilled striker Ibtissam Jraïdi then scored twice, discovering the online within the thirty second minute earlier than including her second simply two minutes into the second half to finish the 4-0 win.
Kenya made three adjustments at half-time in an try to show the sport round, however Morocco remained in management and created extra possibilities earlier than comfortably seeing out the match.
The end result places Morocco on the high finish of Group A after the opening spherical of matches. Earlier on Sunday, Algeria defeated Senegal 2-0 within the group’s different fixture.
Morocco will now look to construct on the spectacular victory of their subsequent group match, whereas Kenya should reply rapidly to maintain their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.
