Rhino: Agencies – The Moroccan Olympic team continued its strong performances and reached the semi-finals of the football competition at the Olympic Games in Paris for the first time in its history, when it crushed its American counterpart by a clean 4-0 on Friday, at the Parc des Princes stadium in the capital, in front of more than 45,000 spectators, in front of more than 45,000 spectators.
Sofiane Rahimi (29 from the penalty spot), Elias Akhomash (63), Ashraf Hakimi (70) and substitute Mehdi Mouhoub (90+1 from the penalty spot) took turns to score for Morocco, who booked their ticket to the quarterfinals with a hat-trick against Iraq in the third and final round of the group stage, after beating Argentina 2-1 in the first round.
Morocco, who are participating in the Olympics for the eighth time in their history, will meet Spain or Japan, who meet later in Lyon, in the next round.
The Olympic team repeated the first team’s achievement when it reached the last four at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, for the first time in its history, before finishing in fourth place.