{"id":3324,"date":"2025-12-26T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon"},"modified":"2025-12-27T00:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:39:58","slug":"zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon","title":{"rendered":"Zambia-Comoros Ends in Draw at AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ap-summary\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<h4>What You Need to Know<\/h4>\n<p>In a goalless draw, Zambia and Comoros faced off in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. This match, part of Group A, saw Zambia earn their second point, while Comoros secured their first. Both teams displayed competitive spirit, with Comoros having a disallowed goal in the first half. Upcoming matches will be crucial for both teams&#8217; chances of advancing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa. <\/strong> <\/span>A goalless draw marked the match between Zambia and Comoros, held on Friday as part of the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 in Morocco, during the second round of Group A.<\/p>\n<p>With this result, Zambia now has two points from two draws, temporarily placing them second in the group, awaiting the other match between Morocco and Mali. Meanwhile, Comoros earned their first point in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The match, held at the &#8220;Mohammed V&#8221; Stadium in Casablanca, was characterized by competitiveness and balance between the two teams, with Comoros having a slight edge in play and more attempts to threaten the opponent&#8217;s goal, particularly in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>The referee disallowed a goal for Comoros in the 19th minute, scored by Mizani Maouida, after a review by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) due to a foul against Yassine Berhan during the buildup to the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia faces a challenging task against the host nation, Morocco, in the third and final round on Monday, while Comoros will play against Mali, with both teams having a chance to qualify depending on other results.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco is hosting the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time in its history, having previously done so in 1988, from December 21 to January 18, with 24 teams participating across six groups.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HIGHLIGHTS | Zambia ? Comoros | #TotalEnergiesAFCON2025 - Group A\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nEFdCPeLoEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a premier football tournament held every two years, featuring national teams from across Africa. The 2025 edition, hosted by Morocco, marks the 35th occurrence of the tournament, which has been a significant event in African sports since its inception in 1957. Morocco previously hosted the tournament in 1988, making this the second time they welcome teams to compete for the continental title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What You Need to Know In a goalless draw, Zambia and Comoros faced off in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. This match, part of Group A, saw Zambia earn their second point, while Comoros secured their first. Both teams displayed competitive spirit, with Comoros having a disallowed goal in the first half. Upcoming matches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[120,756,806,647,112,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-3324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-africa-cup","10":"tag-comoros","11":"tag-draw","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-zambia"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zambia-Comoros Ends in Draw at AFCON - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zambia and Comoros end their Africa Cup match in a goalless draw, impacting their standings in Group A.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambia-Comoros Ends in Draw at AFCON\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambia and Comoros end their Africa Cup match in a goalless draw, impacting their standings in Group A.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Africa Press English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-26T23:59:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-27T00:39:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2025\/12\/sm_1766795707.963909.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zambia-Comoros Ends in Draw at AFCON\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-26T23:59:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-27T00:39:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\"},\"wordCount\":369,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/africa-home\/sites\/69\/2025\/12\/sm_1766795707.963909.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"Africa Cup\",\"Comoros\",\"draw\",\"Football\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/sport\/zambia-comoros-ends-in-draw-at-afcon\",\"name\":\"Zambia-Comoros Ends in Draw at AFCON - 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