Youssef En-Nesyri’s header three minutes before half-time was the only goal of a 1-0 victory that was greeted with jubilation by the massed ranks of Morocco fans in the Al Thumama Stadium.

Cristiano Ronaldo was again left out of the starting line-up but came on early in the second half for his 196th international appearance, equalling the men’s world record of Kuwait’s Badr Al-Mutawa.

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Patrice Motsepe was elected president of the continental football body during the organization’s 43rd Ordinary General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco on Friday.

The South African is the ninth richest person in the continent.

Motsepe succeeds Ahmad Ahmad, who became the first CAF president to be banned by FIFA for five years, but recently had the suspension cut to two after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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