Mohamed Ouahbi, the coach of Morocco, confirmed that the safety of his players from injuries was among the gains achieved by his national team following the victory over Lesotho.
The Moroccan national team defeated Lesotho with two clean goals in the second round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, in a match that saw Noussair Mazraoui leave due to injury.
Wahbi said in remarks reported by the Moroccan Al-Boutoula website: "We won the match, but it is clear that the goal was to play seriously and not give them any hope at any moment of achieving a draw or beating us."
He added, "I congratulate the players, as they maintained their focus. What we slightly lacked was the final touch, which is also an aspect we continue to work on mentally within the field."
He continued, "But I was impressed by the team's seriousness. We return with the objective we achieved, which is winning this match without recording any injuries."
Morocco's first goal was scored by Brahim Diaz in the 45th minute, ending the first half with the Atlas Lions leading by one clean goal.
Aziz Bouhaddouz added Morocco's second goal in the 82nd minute, capitalizing on a cross from Sofiane Rahimi.
Morocco raised its tally to 6 points at the top of Group A with a clean sheet, having scored 4 goals, averaging two goals per match.
The Moroccan national team won in the first round at home against Gabon with two clean goals.
Meanwhile, the Lesotho national team failed to achieve victory for the second consecutive match.
The Lesotho national team lost to Niger.
