A hat trick inside 30 minutes from Soufiane Alloudi ensured a easy 5-1 win for Morocco over Namibia in their MTN Africa Cup of Nations Cup Group A match in Accra on Monday.


The rising star of Moroccan football netted two goals inside the first five minutes in a desperate start for minnows Namibia, making only their only Nations Cup appearance a decade after the first.


Alloudi completed his hat trick with a rare headed goal in the 28th minute after Tarek Sektioui had teased the porous Namibia defence to provide the prefect cross.


Alloudi set was set for the opening gola in the second minute by Marouane Chamakh whose initial effort had hit the post.

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Title holders Egypt have been drawn in a relatively easy group of the 2008 African Cup of Nations, sitting in Group C along with Cameroon, Sudan and Zambia.
Hosts Ghana fared better than holders Egypt Ghana are in Group A with poor travellers Morocco, unpredictable Guinea and minnows Namibia and a team powered by midfielders Michael Essien and Stephen Appiah look set for a top-two finish and a quarter-finals slot.

Every major football tournament delivers one fearsome group and in Ghana it will be Group B where giants Nigeria and Ivory Coast will not relish tackling fellow west Africans Mali and Benin.

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Frenchman Henri Michel made a surprise announcement on Sunday morning stating that he is quitting his job as Zamalek’s coach, the Egyptian club said.

“I was surprised to hear that Michel got together with the players on Sunday morning and informed them of his decision to quit the team,”

Zamalek spokesman Khaled Gabr told the Egyptian Media Today .

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