Olympics-Soccer-Morocco rout Egypt 6-0 to win bronze


Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Bronze Medal Match - Egypt vs Morocco - La Beaujoire Stadium, Nantes, France - August 08, 2024. Mahmoud Saber of Egypt in action with Bilal El Khannouss of Morocco. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS (Reuters) - Morocco claimed the bronze medal at the Olympic men's soccer tournament with a crushing 6-0 win over Egypt in Nantes on Thursday.

Morocco, who lost 2-1 to Spain in the semi-finals, bounced back with the biggest win in the tournament to reach an Olympic podium for the first time thanks two a Soufiane Rahimi double, and strikes from Abde Ezzalzouli, Bilal El Khannouss, Akram Nakach and Achraf Hakimi.

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