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WAFCON: Morocco battle past Mali to keep home dream alive

The WAFCON hosts progressed to the final four with a 3-1 win in Rabat

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Neel Shelat
Jul 18, 2025
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At least 21,000 people flocked to the west of Rabat on a Friday night to watch Morocco take on Mali in the second Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-final.

A naturally-partisan capacity crowd created an electric atmosphere in the build-up to kick-off, and the spark was further ignited early on as the hosts opened the scoring within seven minu…

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