Fans from the match between Egypt and Morocco – African Nations
A lot of controversy arose in Morocco over tickets for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second leg of the decisive qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup.
The Moroccan Football Federation had put up tickets for sale, and they quickly sold out.
And the report of the Moroccan website le360 spor stated that the tickets were running out, causing their prices to skyrocket on the black market, during the past few hours.
There are many who offered tickets for sale via Internet sites after buying them in large quantities.
Tickets that used to cost 30 Moroccan dirhams (57 Egyptian pounds) are now sold at 200 dirhams (377 Egyptian pounds), and a 100-dirham ticket (188 Egyptian pounds) has reached 900 dirhams (1,700 Egyptian pounds), according to the report.
The match will take place at Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca on Tuesday evening.
In the first leg, the Congolese team opened the match goals in the 12th minute with a shot from Yoanni Weissa.
Meanwhile, Tariq Tisodali equalized for Morocco with a powerful shot in the 76th minute.
The match saw Morocco’s Ryan Mayi miss a penalty kick in the 55th minute.
He was also sent off by Congolese Glodi Ngonda in the 86th minute after receiving two yellow cards.
Morocco needs a goalless draw or win by any result to qualify for the World Cup for the sixth time in its history and the second in a row.
As for the Congolese team, it became necessary to win in Morocco to qualify or draw with the same result to go to extra time.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has qualified for the World Cup only once before, and that was in the 1974 edition.
The African qualifiers end on Tuesday, which will qualify 5 teams for the World Cup.
The other first leg matches ended with Algeria winning over its host Cameroon with a goal, and Tunisia winning over its host Mali with a goal.
Ghana drew 0-0 against its guest Nigeria, while Egypt beat its guest Senegal with a goal.