(MENAFN- Morocco World News) 
Rabat – Casablanca's stadium vibrated tonight as the Moroccan football team beat Malawi 3-0 in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier .
Although there was a lack of incompatibility between players, the Atlas Lions secured a win tonight against Malawi.
Morocco was the opener tonight. In the third minute of the game, Ajax star Hakim Ziyech scored the first goal for Morocco.
The Moroccan team scored its second goal through Youssef En-Nesyri in the 42nd minute of the match.
The Atlas Lions dominated the game in terms of ball possessions, but missed several opportunities to score more points especially in the first half.
Malawi team rolled its sleeve in the second half in terms of the defense as more than five members of their team were playing inside and nearby the penalty zone.
The Moroccan team also made some passing mistakes throughout the game, which could have cost them too much.
Despite their defense skills, the Atlas Lions made several attempts to promote the result.
Morocco made its first change in the 27th minute, when Herve Renard changed Nabil Dirar with Marzaoui Noussair.
In the 32nd minute, a mistake from the Malawi goalkeeper gave Morocco a winning goal through En-Nesyri.
A minute after Morocco's goal, Renard made another change, replacing Faycal Fajr with Ayoub El Kaabi.
The Moroccan forward, El Kaabi, made several attempts in Malawi's penalty zone, but could not secure a goal for him in tonights' qualifier.
In a pre-match conference, the coach said that the game is 'important' for the team.
Morocco's head coach was confident that his men will make a good result during tonight's game.
'This generation of players deserves to go far in the competition [CAN 2019], but we still have a lot of work to do.'
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