Outstanding double save!

Noussair Mazraoui fizzes a shot towards goal from inside the box on the right. Yannick Pandor, who saved a penalty during the first half, is at full stretch to turn the effort away.

Jawad El Yamiq is on hand and looks certain to capitalise on the rebound, only for Pandor to spring up and turn his left-footed shot away.

Sublime reflexes and agility.

This contest has certainly opened up since Brahim Diaz's opener.

Comoros are unfortunate not to be level.

End-to-end entertainment. Morocco almost score a second, Azzedine Ounahi firing in a shot from inside the box.

Comoros have a crowd of players back, managing to stop the strike from reaching its target.

Comoros would be level but for a massive save from Yassine Bounou!

Both sides perhaps think play will stop after a poor Sofyan Amrabat challenge, but Rafiki Said - an impressively energetic occasional outlet for his side during the first half - is alert to the chance of a counter-attack and charges unchallenged inside the box on the right.

The Standard Liege winger performs a spot of trickery and applies the finish from close range - but Bounou shows his brilliance, stopping the ball from rolling in with an outstretched leg.

Efan Ekoku
Former Nigeria striker on Channel 4

The game got a little bit stretched. Comoros committed players forward and couldn't cover the spaces.

There was a massive space in the middle of the box - too much of a gap. Brahim Diaz smells that. It's a super cut-back from Noussair Mazraoui and a cool finish.

You're never in more danger as an underdog than when you feel like you're in the game.

Rob Stevens
BBC Sport Africa at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

The moment that almost 70,000 people in the stadium have been waiting for!

The frustration is over as a huge roar greets Diaz's opener.

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The crossing repertoire continues with Ismael Saibari whipping one across goal at speed from the left. Morocco can't capitalise.

Still only one attempt on target apiece.

Morocco have completed 358 passes to Comoros' 68.

Now Sofyan Amrabat arrows a cross from the right to the far post, where Ismael Saibari rises... but a flag has gone up.

Promising for Morocco, who've intensified their approach since the restart.

Neil El Aynaoui almost breaks the deadlock!

Anass Salah-Eddine evades Comoros' defence with an inswinging cross from the left, the Roma midfielder meeting the delivery in space at the near post.

The right-footed effort hits the side netting. El Aynaoui has his head in his hands.

Brahim Diaz overhits a pass on the right, sending the ball behind.

Morocco have had 79% of possession in this game.

Efan Ekoku
Former Nigeria striker on Channel 4

The pressure will ramp up as the minutes tick by.

Fatigue will come in. The Comoros coach has to decide when he makes changes, particularly to freshen up in midfield.

Morocco have seasoned players who are used to this sort of pressure. I'd expect them to find that goal.

Right now, it's nervy - not just for the players, but for the fans as well.

Here we go in the second half of the Afcon 2025 opener.

Will we see our first goal(s) of the tournament during the next 45 minutes or so?

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There will be six initial groups, nine stadiums and six host cities at Afcon 2025, with 24 teams in a group stage running until 31 December and providing four matches pretty much every day from here to New Year.

Group F has pitted holders Ivory Coast against five-time champions Cameroon, while Senegal face DR Congo in a tantalising Group D showdown. Egypt meet 1996 winners South Africa in Group B and Group C has an East African flavour, with Uganda and Tanzania taking on Nigeria and Tunisia.

Whether you know all about the tournament or are new to it, here's our guide to the format, venues, form teams, fixtures and more.

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There was huge news on Saturday when Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe announced that the tournament will be held every four years from 2028.

The spectacle has taken place every two years since 1968, with a one-year gap between the 2012 and 2013 editions, but will change to a four-year cycle after the 2027 Afcon in East Africa and a 2028 edition.

A new African Nations League which will take place annually from 2029.

"We have the most exciting new structure for African football," Motsepe said.

"I do what is in the interests of Africa. The global calendar has to be significantly more synchronised and harmonised."

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Moroccan King Mohammed first discussed his plan to use football as a tool for social and economic development in 2008, before opening the Mohammed VI Football Academy in 2009 and the $65m (£48.5m) Mohammed VI Training Complex in 2019.

The facilities host youth and senior national teams - men and women - combining elite training with education, accommodation and sports science.

"This evolution of Moroccan football is not a random achievement," Moroccan football analyst Jalal Bounouar told BBC Sport Africa.

"It came through years of strategic planning and a long-term national project supported by the highest levels of Moroccan authorities."

Sofyan Amrabat called the stadiums involved "amazing" and the pitches "very good".

"The weather will be good - it's not very hot at the moment in Morocco," he added.

"With the fans behind us, they can push us a lot. We need this energy to go and press and show intensity."

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Over the last few editions, the so-called underdogs have really stretched the super powers. That has made the tourney more exciting.

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Comoros reach the break level against dominant Morocco, who missed a penalty when Soufiane Rahimi's spot kick was stopped by Yannick Pandor after 11 minutes.

The host nation have had seven of the eight attempts between the teams - but only one on target, which is as many as their opponents have had.

Halfway to a surprise in the opener.

Efan Ekoku
Former Nigeria striker on Channel 4

Brahim Diaz had to go for that.

I'm not surprised he's been booked, though.