Africa-Press – Kenya. Kenya national team Harambee Stars produced another display to stun Morocco 1-0 in their Group A fixture of TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) at Kasarani Stadium on Sunday.
Tusker forward Ryam Ogam scored what turned out to be the winner for Harambee Stars against the North Africans in the 45th minute before Chrispine Erambo was sent off. Kenya under Benni McCarthy played the entire 45 minutes and added time of second half with 10-men.
Against Angola, Kenya also played with 10-men after midfielder Marvin Nabwire was sent off in the 21st minute. Kenya went ahead to secure a vital 1-1 draw.
Morocco went into the game unbeaten in five previous encounters with East African opposition (three wins, two draws. They had beaten Uganda twice in 2014 and 2020, won 4-1 against Rwanda in 2016, and drew 0-0 with Sudan in 2018 and Rwanda in 2020. All these games were in the group stage.
This was Morocco’s third match against a tournament host, having defeated Rwanda 4-1 in 2016 and Cameroon 4-0 in the 2020 semi-finals. Kenya became the 18th different team to face Morocco at CHAN and the fourth from East Africa.
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