The
keeper has shone throughout the tournament
for Morocco having conceded just two goals
before the final, but his blunder for
Tunisia's second is what he will be remembered
for in this tournament.
Clayton, who earlier tested the keeper
with a wicked volley, delivered a softly
struck cross into the six-yard-area. 
Fouhami inexplicably failed to collect
the ball, leaving Jaziri to take advantage
and tap in.
It was expected that a Morocco onslaught
was to follow, but that never occured.
The Atlas Lions were a spent force. The
youthful vigour had finally run out of
steam. 
For Lemerre's Tunisia though, their dogged
determination in all areas of the pitch,
proved to be enough on the day.
Of course, had Fouhami not fumbled, it
may have been a different story.
Morocco: Khalid Fouhami;
Hoalid Regragui, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Noureddine
Naybet, Talal El Karkouri, Akram Roumani
(Jaouad Zairi, 73); Abdelkrim Kissi, Youssef
Safri (Mohammed El Yaagoubi, 63), Youssef
Mokhtari; Youssef Hadji (Nabil Baha, 87),
Marouane Chamakh.
Tunisia: Ali Boumnijel;
Hatem Trabelsi, Radhi Jaidi, Karim Hagui,
Jose Clayton; Riadh Bouazizi, Mehdi Nafti
(Jawhar Mnari, 46), Adel Chadli; Slim
Benachour (Kais Ghodhbane, 57); Zied Jaziri
(Imed Mhadhebi, 70), Santos.
Referee: Falla Ndoye
(Senegal).
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