Morocco cruise past fellow African side Madagascar in friendly ahead of World Cup

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV Eindhoven[/a] ‌midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/madagascar-88OzY9OB/morocco-IDKYO3R8/?mid=zBwKGlDj"]gave the hosts a dream star[/a]t, ‌heading in a fourth-minute corner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-khannous-bilal/Ui6gj3Cl/"]‌Bilal El Khannouss[/a] at the far post, before doubling the lead in the ‌24th minute after capitalising on ⁠a defensive ‌error.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] dominated the opening half, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mazraoui-noussair/2ajowGAq/"]Noussair Mazraoui[/a] ​going close to adding a second earlier, only to see ​his powerful strike rebound off the crossbar.[/p][embed guid="fdd3791d-80b7-431a-9ebb-e18728745b28" url="https://x.com/TheGoalsZone/status/2061862769192738854?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Morocco continued to dictate the tempo after ⁠the break ​and extended their advantage in the 78th minute when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ounahi-azzedine/reDF5hxm/"]Azzedine Ounahi[/a] was fouled inside the penalty area. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rahimi-soufiane/OYfFre1D/"]Soufiane Rahimi[/a] ‌stepped up and converted from the spot to make it 3-0.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diaz-brahim/nm2Qvnyk/"]Brahim Diaz[/a] played a key role in the fourth goal late on, driving into the box from the right before his effort struck the post, allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-kaabi-ayoub/6RewslBm/"]Ayoub El Kaabi[/a] to tap in ‌from close range in the 87th ​minute.[/p][p]Morocco will now travel to the ‌United States to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] in their final warm-up match on Sunday before launching their World Cup campaign, where they have been drawn ⁠in Group C ⁠alongside [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]‌Scotland[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haiti/nk4v10Z1/"]Haiti[/a].[/p]