MOROCCO MAKE HISTORY!
Watch the highlights from the match between Morocco and Spain played at Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan on Tuesday, 06 December 2022 on FIFA.COM
Morocco continued the sensation in the Qatar World Cup 2020 when they eliminated Spain through a 3-0 victory in the round of 16 penalty shootout at the Education City Stadium just now.
This meeting proved how possession of the game is not enough to give you victory, where Spain controlled 77 percent of the ball with 13 attempts compared to Morocco, who only controlled 23 percent of the game and produced six attempts.
A balanced action was on display throughout the first half, where both teams chose to play cautiously.
Spain's best chance came through Marco Asensio but his shot just rattled the Moroccan outside net.
A series of missed chances by both teams throughout the second 45 minutes and the same script repeated itself until the age of the match reached 120 minutes for the decision to the quarter-finals to be determined through penalty kicks.
Spain should have regretted not finishing the match inside 120 minutes and early signs of their elimination began when Pablo Sarabia's first-time strike hit the post to give Morocco a 1-0 lead after Abdelhamid Sabiri had earlier beaten Unai Simon.
Morocco's goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou, then became Morocco's hero when he saved Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquet's shots, thus ensuring the Atlas Lions into the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in their history.
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