Brahim Diaz scored the first goal at the 2025 Afcrica Cup of Nations (AFCON) as host Morocco beat Comoros 2-0 in the tournament opener, Softfootball reports.
The Real Madrid forward, who scored seven goals in the World Cup qualifiers was very instrumental for Morocco, who were playing without injured CAF Player of the Year, Achraf Hakimi.
Celebrating the first goal of AFCON with a post was football expert, Fabrizio Romano via his official X handle. He said:
🇲🇦 Brahim Diaz opens the score at the AFCON scoring for Morocco, it’s the first goal of the competition. 🌍 pic.twitter.com/yWiTDRMfKW
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 21, 2025Brahim Diaz was not part of the Real Madrid squad that beat Sevilla 2-0 this weekend as he was with the national team for arguably Africa’s biggest football tournament with teams like Nigeria, Senegal, Egypt and Mali competing for the title with Morocco hoping to win it on home soil.
Comoros frustrated their the host until 10 minutes into the second half when Diaz was left unmarked and he received the ball from Noussair Mazraoui’s and fired an unstoppable ball into the net for 1-0.
The 60,180 in attendance at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium cheered in great joy. Comoros pushed for the equaliser as forward Rafiki Said was denied by the legs of Yassine Bounou and Mazraoui saw a fine effort palmed away by Comoros’ Pandor.
However, Ayoub El Kaabi scored a sensational overhead kick to make it 2-0 and hand Walid Regragui’s side an opening day win.
