The kingdom of Morocco has its new prince. At least football. This is the young FUS midfielder from Rabat, El Mehdi Mubarik (20), has achieved a good U20 African Cup of Nations with the Atlas Cubs. Author of 2 goals in 3 games played, he is the lungs of this Moroccan team which finished first in its group C, ahead of Ghana. She is the best defense in this competition with 0 goals conceded in the group stage.
El Mehdi Mubarik, is certainly one of the big satisfactions on the Moroccan side in this 22nd edition of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations. A defensive midfielder capable of recovering many balls and throwing cleanly towards his teammates. But, he also showed his talent as a scorer in this competition, with two penalties converted against Gambia and Tanzania, a success of 100%. In fact, he finished “man of the match” on Matchday 1, after the Moroccan victory over the Scorpions juniors of Gambia.
Very technical, with a good vision of the game, El Mehdi Mubarik is a box to box midfielder. He is at the heart of the Moroccan game and impresses his world at every meeting, to such an extent that many Moroccans dream of seeing him very soon in the group of the Atlas Lions, in perspective of the qualifiers of CAN 2022. But, he currently competing with the U20s and we should let him focus more, since Morocco dreams of winning the trophy again.
At the end of the group stage, El Mehdi Moubarik (Morocco) leads the ranking of top scorers with 2 goals, along with Percious Boah, Abdul Issahaku (Ghana), Etienne Pineda Eto’o, Jang Sunday (Cameroon ), Steven Sserwadda, Derrick Kakooza (Uganda) and Silly Sangharé (Mauritania).
Invincible in this U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania, Morocco, who finished leader of Group C with 7 points, will face Tunisia in the quarter-finals in a Maghreb derby
Program: ¼ final
Thursday, February 25, 2021
4:00 p.m. Cameroon / Ghana
7:00 p.m. Burkina Faso / Uganda
Friday February 26, 2021
4:00 p.m. Morocco / Tunisia
7:00 p.m. Central African Republic / Gambia
Best striker
2 goals: Etienne Pineda Eto’o (Cameroon), El Mehdi Moubarik (Morocco), Abdul Issahaku (Ghana), Steven Sserwadda (Uganda), Derrick Kakooza (Uganda), Silly Sangharé (Mauritania), Jang Sunday (Cameroon), Percious Boah (Ghana)
1 goal: Mohammed Essahel (Morocco), Ayoub Mouloua (Morocco), Kajally Drammeh (Gambia), Lamarana Jallow (Gambia), Jean Botue (Burkina Faso), Alfred Gombe-Fei (Central Africa), Raphael Marc Yapende (Central Africa), Chiheb Labidi (Tunisia), Milla Prince (Cameroon), Yahaya Abdoulaye (Cameroon), Gianluca Lorenzoni (Mozambique), Novatus Dismas (Tanzania), Momodou Bojang (Gambia), Marc Lamti (Tunisia), Hassan Ayari (Tunisia), Isaac Ngoma ( Central Africa), Joffrey Bazié (Burkina Faso), Éric Chardey (Burkina Faso), Pingdwinde Beleme (Burkina Faso), Oumar M’Bareck (Mauritania), Joselpho Barnes (Ghana), Flory Yangao (Central Africa), Penouua Kandjii (Namibia)
