Morocco vs Paraguay, 2026 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Morocco

48': Bilal El Khannouss
53': Neil El Aynaoui

FT
2 - 1

Paraguay

88': Gustavo Caballero

About

Morocco are hosting Paraguay at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Redouane Halhal (Morocco).
2': Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Gessime Yassine (Morocco).
11': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Júnior Alonso.
14': Attempt missed. Gessime Yassine (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Issa Diop following a corner.
14': Foul by Redouane Halhal (Morocco).
14': Julio Enciso (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
15': Foul by Diego Gómez (Paraguay).
21': Attempt saved. Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Yassine Bounou (Morocco). Assisted by Julio Enciso with a cross.
21': Attempt saved. Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Yassine Bounou (Morocco).
23': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco).
23': Julio Enciso (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the right wing.
24': Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
24': Offside, Paraguay. Julio Enciso is caught offside.
26': Foul by Diego Gómez (Paraguay).
26': Samir El Mourabet (Morocco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Diego Gómez (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28': Offside, Paraguay. Gabriel Ávalos is caught offside.
29': Foul by Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay).
29': Redouane Halhal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Morocco).
34': Julio Enciso (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
36': Foul by Redouane Halhal (Morocco).
36': Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card.
37': Redouane Halhal (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Paraguay) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Ávalos with a headed pass.
40': Foul by Gabriel Ávalos (Paraguay).
40': Redouane Halhal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Attempt saved. Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Gessime Yassine.
45': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
45'+1': First Half ends, Morocco 0, Paraguay 0.
45': Second Half begins Morocco 0, Paraguay 0.
46': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Morocco).
46': Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) wins a free kick on the left wing.
48': Goal! Morocco 1, Paraguay 0. Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross.
50': Attempt missed. Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Júnior Alonso.
53': Goal! Morocco 2, Paraguay 0. Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi with a cross following a fast break.
56': Substitution, Paraguay. Maurício Magalhães Prado replaces Braian Ojeda.
59': Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Yassine Bounou (Morocco).
60': Attempt saved. Gessime Yassine (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Orlando Gill (Paraguay). Assisted by Redouane Halhal.
64': Attempt blocked. Miguel Almirón (Paraguay) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Damián Bobadilla.
65': Attempt missed. Gessime Yassine (Morocco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
66': Substitution, Morocco. Brahim Díaz replaces Bilal El Khannouss.
66': Substitution, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi replaces Soufiane Rahimi.
66': Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria El Ouahdi replaces Achraf Hakimi.
67': Substitution, Morocco. Amine Adli replaces Gessime Yassine.
69': Substitution, Paraguay. Gustavo Caballero replaces Miguel Almirón.
69': Substitution, Paraguay. Antonio Sanabria replaces Gabriel Ávalos.
70': Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Yassine Bounou (Morocco). Assisted by Damián Bobadilla.
70': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Yassine Bounou.
70': Attempt saved. Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Yassine Bounou (Morocco). Assisted by Diego Gómez with a cross.
71': Foul by Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay).
71': Samir El Mourabet (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Zakaria El Ouahdi.
72': Foul by Omar Alderete (Paraguay).
72': Yassine Bounou (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card.
73': Issa Diop (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
74': Attempt missed. Julio Enciso (Paraguay) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Diego Gómez.
76': Foul by Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay).
76': Samir El Mourabet (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Corner, Paraguay. Conceded by Redouane Halhal.
78': Attempt saved. Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner by Yassine Bounou (Morocco). Assisted by Maurício Magalhães Prado with a cross.
82': Substitution, Morocco. Abde Ezzalzouli replaces Chemsdine Talbi.
82': Substitution, Morocco. Souffian El Karouani replaces Anass Salah-Eddine.
82': Substitution, Morocco. Mohamed Hrimat replaces Samir El Mourabet.
84': Foul by Neil El Aynaoui (Morocco).
84': Julio Enciso (Paraguay) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
85': Offside, Paraguay. Omar Alderete is caught offside.
85': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Omar Alderete (Paraguay) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
86': VAR Decision: No Goal Morocco 2-0 Paraguay.
88': Goal! Morocco 2, Paraguay 1. Gustavo Caballero (Paraguay) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan José Cáceres with a cross.
88': Brahim Díaz (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay).
89': Abde Ezzalzouli (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Juan José Cáceres (Paraguay).
90': Gustavo Velázquez (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay).
90'+1': Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Omar Alderete (Paraguay).
90'+3': Omar Alderete (Paraguay) is shown the yellow card.
90'+4': Offside, Morocco. Ayoub El Kaabi is caught offside.
90'+5': Delay in match because of an injury Redouane Halhal (Morocco).
90'+6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Morocco 2, Paraguay 1.
0': Match ends, Morocco 2, Paraguay 1.

Statistics

PAR		MAR
11	Fouls	8
6	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	1
2	Saves	6
38.2	Possession	61.8
11	SHOTS	6
7	ON GOAL	4
0.6	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
283	Accurate Passes	517
350	Passes	587
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
6	Accurate Crosses	2
14	Crosses	10
0.4	Cross %	0.2
36	Long Balls	50
22	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	0
12	Effective Tackles	9
16	Tackles	15
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	10
17	Effective Clearances	20
17	Clearances	20

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Location: Lens, France
Attendance: 38,000

Line-Ups

Morocco (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
25	Redouane Halhal
5	Issa Diop
26	Anass Salah-Eddine
2	Achraf Hakimi
23	Bilal El Khannouss
28	Samir El Mourabet
24	Neil El Aynaoui
9	Soufiane Rahimi
7	Chemsdine Talbi
16	Gessime Yassine

Morocco Substitutes:

Noussair Mazraoui, Yassir Zabiri, Ismaël Baouf, Oussama Targhaline, Abde Ezzalzouli, Zakaria El Ouahdi, El Mehdi Benabid, Ayoub El Kaabi, Amine Adli, Brahim Díaz, Rayane Bounida, Souffian El Karouani, Mohamed Hrimat, Chadi Riad, Azzedine Ounahi.

Paraguay (4-4-2)

No.	Name
12	Orlando Gill (GK)
3	Omar Alderete
15	Gustavo Gómez
6	Júnior Alonso
4	Juan Jose Cáceres
20	Braian Ojeda
16	Damián Bobadilla
10	Miguel Almirón
8	Diego Gómez
19	Julio Enciso
21	Gabriel Ávalos

Paraguay Substitutes:

Fabián Balbuena, Antonio Sanabria, Lucas Romero, Maurício, José Canale, Gustavo Velázquez, Gatito Fernández, Alexandro Maidana, Gustavo Caballero, Gastón Olveira, Alan Benítez, Alex Arce, Ramón Sosa, Matías Galarza.

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