How was Morocco’s performance in the tournament?
North Africa was one of the surprises of the tournament. It was known about the good team they came with but few people expected them to go this far. In the group stage they had to compete Croatiaalso a semi-finalist, and Belgium, another hard bone that usually sparks war in these competitions. Despite the difficulty of their group, they managed to finish first after defeating Belgium (0-2) and Canada (2-1) and tied with Croatia (0-0).
Those who Regiraki were measured to Spain In the round of 16. The strategy was simple, defend and wait for the error to make one of his lightning counterattacks. To avoid this kind of counter-attack, Spain maintained possession in the match without much emotion. Finally, after 120 minutes of few chances for both teams, everything was decided in a penalty shootout, a penalty that was a nightmare for La Roja, who failed to score any of the three strikes. Those who Morocco Instead, they scored 3 and missed 1, ensuring they reached the quarter-finals.
In the next one, the other Peninsula Country was waiting for them, Portugalwhich came from a knockout in the round of 16 to Swiss. However, they did not succeed in breaking the Moroccan defense, which took advantage of the Portuguese goalkeeper’s mistake to take the initiative. Those who Fernando Santos They desperately tried to find the rival network but were unsuccessful and ran out of time, ending what was likely to be the last performance of Cristiano Ronaldo At the World Cup with Portugal.
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