Morocco coach Vahid Halilhodzic has praised his team following their opening victory against Ghana at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021.

Sofiane Boufal scored the solitary goal of the match to give the Atlas Lions a perfect start of the campaign.

“It was a great road and I’m proud of my team. As you know, we ended up playing without five top players on the team,” Halilhodzic said postmatch.

“I’m happy because these young players showed determination and knew how to represent their country’s jersey.

“We had a tough game with a respectable opponent of African football. We had already tuff a match with Ghana and we ended up tied, but we knew today we would have a tough battle.

“I was happy with the performance presented by my players. We will continue to capitalize on this determination and confidence shown by the players for the next game.”

Up next for Morocco is Comoros on Friday with the game set for the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo at 5:00 pm Local time.