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DR Congo shock Herve Renard's Morocco
The Congolese piped Atlas Lions of Morocco by a goal to nil in their opening group C game
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Goalless at the break, Morocco started off the better of the two sides once again in the second half, yet against the run of play, Congo went in front:Junior Kabananga scored the only goal of the game in the 55th minute, after he punished the Moroccan goalkeeper Munir who committed a blunder-the goalkeeper used his feet to block a Ndombe cross, with the loose ball falling to Kabananga, who made no mistake on the turn.
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Morocco continued to pour forward in search of the leveller, Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez firing a free-kick off-target as Congolese goalkeeper Ley Matampi made a superb stop with his legs to deny substitute Youssef El-Nesyri’s shot, before the midfielder fired over from close range.
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DR Congo’s substitute defender Lomalisa Mutambala was shown a second yellow with ten minutes to go, before his side went down to nine men as Ndombe Mabule limped off injured.
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