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Morocco vs Namibia Prediction & Betting tips
Two years ago, Cameroon surprisingly prevailed at the African Cup and won the title at the finals in Gabon. The defending champion this year, however, are attributed only outsider opportunities. The big favorites are teams like those of hosts Egypt, Senegal or even Morocco. In the first group match Morocco meets Namibia and hopes for a successful start in the death group D!
The group D will be completed at the Africa Cup 2019, which will take place for the first time in analogy to the European Championship with 24 teams, with the teams from the Ivory Coast and South Africa. A self-starter is certainly not the entry into the knockout phase for Morocco, but in the first group match between Morocco and Namibia a tip on the success of the favorite is the logical choice. Morocco has many European legionnaires who have had a great 2018/19 season. Arguments for a tip on the no-name underdog from Namibia there is not de facto. The game starts on Sunday afternoon at 15:30.
Morocco:
Judging by the results in preparation, Herve Renard’s team can not be described as one of the favorites to win the title in Egypt. Both against Gambia (0: 1) and against Zambia (2: 3) put it Pleiten for the national team of Morocco. Thus, the Renard Elf travels without any sense of achievement in 2019 to Egypt. Already at the international double in March against Malawi (0: 0) and Argentina (0: 1), there was no complete success. Thus Morocco remained in three of the four matches in 2019 even without their own goal. Almost unimaginable, because with the outstanding Ajax legionnaire Hakim Ziyech, the Renard team has one of the best African players. In addition, on the wing Sofiane Boufal (Celta Vigo) and in the center of Youssef En-Nesyri (CD Leganes) two Spanish legionaries are always in danger. However, results in friendly matches are always to be treated with caution and can only provide limited information on the benefits in an emergency.
Morocco celebrated its greatest success at the continental championships in Africa in 1976, when the title was won in Ethiopia. In the recent past, the successes were manageable. In the 21st century, Morocco survived only twice in the preliminary round – in 2002 there was a final defeat, two years ago in Gabon, the North Africans had beaten 0-1 in the quarterfinals of Egypt.
In addition to the strong offensive trio mentioned above, Morocco has plenty of quality to play on the defensive. Especially the back four must be mentioned here. Although Mehdi Benatia is no longer active in Europe, but still captain and head of the team. In the full-back position, Morocco have two extremely offensive wingers: Achraf Hakimi (BVB) and Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax Amsterdam). Another trump card is the coaching bench: Frenchman Herve Renard has already won the Africa Cup twice – 2012 with Zambia and 2015 with Ivory Coast. The combination of the existing quality of the players and the experience of head coach Renard makes Morocco particularly strong. That the weakest opponent is waiting for the opening, is certainly an advantage after the recent results. Without the two defeats in the past week, Morocco and Namibia would certainly not offer such high quotas. Value is certainly present when forecasting on the North Africans!
Namibia:
1998, 2008 and 2019 – approximately every ten years, the national team of Namibia presented at the Continental Championships. In the two so far only participations, the team from the south of Africa had to travel home each time after the group phase. Both times, however, a draw could be achieved after all, a victory in an African Cup final round there was for the almost 2.5 million inhabitants country never. Namibian football is not only a marginal phenomenon in Europe, but even on its own continent.
An advantage for the team of head coach Ricardo Mannetti is the fact that the team has been able to work together for several weeks. At the end of May, the COSAFA Cup was on the program. The COSAFA Cup is a competition for teams from the South of Africa. Although Namibia took second place in a group with Malawi, Mozambique and the Seychelles, it was eliminated. However, the opponents at the Africa Cup will be much stronger – so in Egypt a point win would be a success. In the opening match between Morocco and Namibia, however, a tip on the outsider is not recommended – the quality difference is far too large!
As a star of the team can be described right-back Ryan Nyambe. The 21-year-old is under contract with Blackburn Rovers in the second division and can call himself a regular. The fans of the third German league Manfred Starke is a term. The striker from Carl Zeiss Jena (34 games, seven goals, nine assists) was born in Namibia and lived in Africa until he was 13 years old. The Africa Cup will certainly be a career highlight for the newcomer of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. All other actors from the cadre of Namibia are absolute no-names. The majority of the players – a total of nine – is under contract in neighboring South Africa.
Morocco vs Namibia head to head matches
27.01.18 ANC Morocco Namibia 2 : 0
12.01.13 FI Namibia Morocco 1 : 2
21.01.08 ACN Namibia Morocco 1 : 5
17.10.07 FI Morocco Namibia 2 : 0
20.04.01 WC Morocco Namibia 3 : 0