The Moroccans dominated the game from the start and they broke the deadlock after 21 minutes when Ounahi struck a sublime shot from the edge of the box after a patient build up.
Morocco qualified for their sixth World Cup appearance after taking it easy, winning 4-1 against DR Congo and 5-2 on aggregate to qualify for the showpiece in Qatar in November.
Azzedine Ounahi struck twice for the Atlas Lions at their Mohamed V Stadium backyard in Casablanca, with Tarik Tissoudali and Achraf Hakimi adding one each to the massive victory. Ben Malango scored DR Congo’s consolation.
The Moroccans dominated the game from the start and they broke the deadlock after 21 minutes when Ounahi struck a sublime shot from the edge of the box after a patient build up.
There was a long stoppage however when goalkeeper Yassine Bounou had to be stitched on the pitch after suffering a massive cut on his forehead and after a stoppage of almost 12 minutes.
With the game resuming, Morocco remained on top and they doubled the lead in the seventh added minute when Tissoudali collected the ball at the edge of the box and beat the keeper one on one.
In the second half, it took Morocco nine minutes of the restart to make it 3-0, Ounahi completing his brace after collecting Tissoudali’s pass inside the box and slamming the ball past the keeper.
Hakimi then completed the rout in the 69th minute when he reacted quickest to a spilled ball from the keeper before burying home.
Malango, a former player of Casablanca based club raja Club Athletic scored Morocco’s consolation with a brilliant strike. The forward who now plays in Saudi Arabia for Al Sharjah controlled Cedric Bakambu’s pass at the edge of the box before striking a belter of a volley from the edge of the box.
But, they couldn’t take the fight to the end.