CAIRO (Reuters) - Benin woke up on Saturday still pinching themselves after an extraordinary win at the Africa Cup of Nations as they rode their luck to eliminate highly fancied Morocco on penalties in the last 16. Benin achieved success despite conceding a last gasp penalty after the end of 90 minutes, which Morocco missed, and then playing most of the extra time period down to 10 men. "This is the greatest achievement in the history of Benin football," added veteran striker Mikael Pote, who was in the squad when Benin last competed at the same tournament in Angola nine years ago. The clumsy challenge was such an obvious penalty none of the Benin players disputed the decision but Hakim Ziyech missed the chance to win the game for Morocco. "I try to teach my players a winning philosophy and we can still go further," he said.

Source: The Star July 06, 2019 08:48 UTC