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AFCON 2023: Hakimi penalty miss, Amrabat red card as South Africa knockout Morocco

South Africa upset Morocco, thanks to a penalty miss from Achraf Hakimi and a red card to Manchester United's Sofyan Amrabat.
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AFCON 2023 continues to produce shocking outcomes, with the round of 16 clash between South Africa and Morocco being the latest. Bafana Bafana won 2-0 to dump out the World Cup semi-finalists.

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The Atlas Lions came into the tournament as favourites after their impressive World Cup showing, in which they set an African record with their fourth-place finish. They negotiated the group stages with minimal fuss, but have now been handed a ticket home by a South African side that barely made it out of Group E.

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