00:30Dès là, les supporters du Maroc pensent d'abord à s'abriter de la pluie, une fois les trois points acquis.
00:36Mais qu'ils viennent de Rabat, Kaza ou d'ailleurs, tous garderont un souvenir mémorable.
00:44Le coup de ciseau spectaculaire quand même.
00:46C'est à notifier quand même.
00:47On n'en voit pas tout le temps des coups de ciseau, mais El-Kahabi, merci beaucoup.
00:50C'est gentil.
00:51Très très dur en plus à l'avoir celle-là.
00:52On fait le déplacement, il pleut, coup de ciseau comme ça, magnifique.
00:55Ce retourné acrobatique d'Ayoub El-Kahabi a déclenché un moment d'extase ici dans le stade.
01:01Cela a permis de sceller la victoire 2-0 du Maroc aux dépens des Comores.
01:06En tout cas, l'essentiel est fait pour les coéquipiers de Romain Saïs.
01:11On n'a pas été parfait, mais voilà, c'est un premier match.
01:15Je sais qu'on va monter en puissance, il y a eu beaucoup de bonnes choses.
01:21Donc voilà, il faut continuer à travailler, récupérer, on va analyser ce match aussi.
01:25Et puis après, on va se projeter sur le deuxième match.
01:29En face, les Comoriens ont retenu pendant 45 minutes.
01:33Insuffisant, malgré les 5 arrêts du gardien de but d'Essé-Lacante.
01:36C'est des parades qui, j'espère, comptera pour la suite au niveau de la différence de but.
01:44Mais en tout cas, des regrets quand même, parce qu'au final, on ressort de là avec la défaite.
01:50J'essaie de tout donner, moi j'essaie de tout donner pour mon équipe.
01:52Mon équipe essaie de tout donner sur le terrain et après, on verra.
01:56En tout cas, ce sera une canne historique à entendre Gianni Infantino.
02:01Le président de la FIFA l'a déclaré en marge de la cérémonie d'ouverture.
02:06Une cérémonie spectaculaire dans un écrin magnifique, ici au complexe sportif Prince Moulaï Abdelha.
02:13Karim Baldé, Afrika News, Rabat.
02:16An expected win for the host to kick off AFCON 2025.
02:20Well, I'm now joined by Moroccan former international player and football analyst Adlaziz Ben-Nish.
02:26Captain Adlaziz, thank you for joining us.
02:27Thank you, welcome.
02:28Well, being a Moroccan and Morocco hosting the AFCON 2025, how do you feel about that?
02:33It's, of course, it's a great honor.
02:36After long years, Morocco has prepared this event with infrastructure high level, with stadium high level.
02:49Everything is set up for the crowd of the people, everybody will leave a great, great African Cup.
03:01Well, with Morocco hosting the event and being the highest ranked Africa team in the tournament, does that add pressure or is that motivation for the team?
03:10Morocco deserve to be one of the best national team in the world, because to be a 10 or 11 ranking in FIFA ranking is a great honor.
03:23They deserve it.
03:24So now they have to prove it in African Cup.
03:26It's another story.
03:27All the opponents are waiting for this event, waiting also to beat Moroccan team, because it has many big players.
03:36They're playing abroad in the big teams, but also other opponents, they have also big players.
03:43So now it's about the pressure, how the national team will control this pressure to be positive and to give them that strength to win this African Cup.
03:55And they need this pressure to win this African Cup.
03:58To be focused on the target is to win the African Cup, because they deserve it.
04:03They are working on sports by His Majesty Mohamed Six.
04:08So they deserve to win the African Cup.
04:11And who do you think is going to win it?
04:12Morocco, of course, but in respect of all other countries and all other opponents, they are welcome in Morocco.
04:19All welcome with their crowd, with everybody is welcome to Morocco to see this beautiful country.
04:26And I think it will be one, I think, the best African Cup ever.
04:33Good luck for that.
04:34And we hope all the best for Morocco and all the teams.
04:36And thank you very much for joining us.
04:38Thank you very much.
04:39Thank you very much.
04:39Thank you.
04:40Well, there you go, ladies and gentlemen.
04:42Morocco are the clear favourites to win AFCON 2025.
04:45We'll find out if they can go all the way on January 17th.
04:49The tournament is officially underway.
04:51And the race for Africa's biggest prize is on.
04:54Stay tuned.
04:55Jordan Beckham and the full communication with Batman Mitchell Show.
05:03Hopefully, I hope you'll get into it yesterday.
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