There was home enjoyment for Morocco on Wednesday as they qualified for the Women's World Cup, booking a very first spot at the competition in the wake of beating Botswana 2-1 in Rabat.
Triumph in the quarterfinal of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals guaranteed they will take one of the four spots for Africa at the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Morocco will join Zambia, who turned into the first of the African qualifiers with a thin punishment shootout triumph over Senegal in their prior quarterfinal on Wednesday in Casablanca.
Supported by an energetic group at the Prince Moulay Abdallah Stadium, Morocco got off to a fantasy start with an objective after just three minutes.
Powerful midfielder Fatima Tagnaout played in a shallow freekick that Sanaa Mssoudy gave a sliding touch to, directing the ball into the net to the joy of the allies.
In any case, the lead endured all of seven minutes as Botswana cleared in their very own freekick with Keitumetse Dithebe pounding home a strong left-footed exertion from outside the area that demonstrated excessively hot for Morocco goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi.
Botswana, contending at the primary Wafcon, showed they were not overawed by the event in spite of the fact that Morocco looked a little more keen before the break, with English-conceived striker Rosella Ayane clearing an around the bend exertion simply wide one minutes before halftime.
Mssoudy had her 49th moment shot culled out of the air by Botswana's great goalkeeper Maitumelo Boseja while Morocco maintained the tension as Sabah Seghir went well to shoot yet hit wide in the 54th moment.
After four minutes, the hosts returned ahead as Tagnaout conveyed a high ball to the back post to permit safeguard Yasmin Mrabet to score with a strong descending header that crawled past Boseja.
Mssoudy hit the woodwork with 15 minutes left with a shot from the edge of the area as Botswana seemed to shrink under the consistent tension from a Morocco side who looked a lot fitter.
It was Morocco's fourth success at Wafcon, after a 100 percent run in the gathering stage, and they currently meet either Cameroon or Nigeria in the elimination round the following week.
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