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Haitam’s African adventure comes to an end

The homegrown Malaguista and his national squad were defeated in the quarter-finals of the African U-20 Cup of Nations taking place in Mauritania.

Haitam Abaida’s time in the African competition ended on Friday.

The ‘juvenil’ winger, who played his fourth match in the tournament on the bounce in the starting-11, was in action for a total of 98 minutes against Tunisia. He was substituted in stoppage time of the Morocco – Tunisia clash, which ended in a 0-0 draw. Tunisia went on to win on penalties by 1-4.

As such, Morocco were a step away from the semi-finals of the tournament and leave Mauritania undefeated, following two wins and two draws in four games.

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