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How CHAN Finalists Mali, Morocco Match Up

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The African Nations Championship (CHAN)
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Factfiles of African Nations Championship (CHAN) finalists Mali and Morocco ahead of title decider at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde Sunday (aet denotes after extra time):

Mali

Usual team: Djigui Diarra; Issaka Samake, Yacouba Doumbia, Mamadou Doumbia, Siaka Bagayoko; Moussa Kyabou, Sadio Kanoute; Demba Diallo, Ibrahim Sidibe, Moussa Ballo; Moussa Kone

Captain: Diarra, goalkeeper

Coach: Nouhoum Diane (MLI)

Results: Group A – Burkina Faso 1-0, Cameroon 1-1, Zimbabwe 1-0; quarter-finals – Congo Brazzaville 0-0 aet, 5-4 penalties; semi-finals – Guinea 0-0 aet, 5-4 penalties

Scorers: 1 – Bagayoko, Diallo, Samake

Previous appearances: 2011 – first round, 2014 – quarter-finals, 2016 – runners-up

Tournament record: P18 W8 D6 L4 F17 A15

Morocco

Usual team: Anas Zniti; Omar Namsaoui, Soufiane Bouftini, Abdelmounaim Boutouil, Hamza el Moussaoui; Mohammed Ali Bemammer; Noah Wail, Yahya Jabrane, Abdelilah Hafidi, Soufaine Rahimi; Ayoub el Kaabi

Captain: El Kaabi, forward

Coach: Houcine Ammouta (MAR)

Results: Group C – Togo 1-0, Rwanda 0-0, Uganda 5-2; quarter-finals – Zambia 3-1; semi-finals – Cameroon 4-0

Scorers: 5 – Rahimi; 2 – Bemammer, El Kaabi; 1 – Bouftini, Jabrane, El Moussaoui, Lukwayo (UGA) – own goal

Previous appearances: 2014 – quarter-finals, 2016 – first round, 2018 – champions

Tournament record: P18 W11 D5 L2 F40 A13