FACTS & STATS: CROATIA HELD TO A DRAW BY MOROCCO

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Farouq Oduola A.

FIFA World Cup Group F Match Statistics

MOROCCO VS CROATIA

Venue: Al Bayt Stadium

Morocco 0 – 0 Croatia

Morocco XI (4-3-3): Bounou; Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal

Croatia XI (4-3-3): Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Kovacic, Brozovic, Modric; Vlasic, Kramaric, Perisic

MATCH FACTS

1236 – Hakim Ziyash returns to participate in an official championship match with the Moroccan national team after an absence that lasted 1236 days, since the African Cup of Nations in the round of 16 against Benin.

3 – Luka Modric is the first player to play in both the European Championship and World Cup in three different decades (“under-20s, 20s and 30s”)

0 – For the second time in its World Cup history, Morocco did not take a direct shot on goal in the first half, after facing the Netherlands in 1994.

20y 304d – Josko Gvardiol is the second youngest player to start a World Cup match for Croatia (20 years, 304 days), after Mateo Kovacic in 2014 against Brazil (20y 37d).

Croatia failed to score for the first time in 12 World Cup matches, since what was their only other goalless draw in the competition against Japan in 2006.

Abdessamad Ezzalzoul is the second youngest player to ever appear in a World Cup for Morocco (20 years, 341 days) behind only Achraf Hakimi (19 years, 223 days).

MATCH STATS

Morocco Croatia

Possession: 35% 65%

Shots: 2 4

Shots on target: 2 2

Corners: 0 5

Fouls: 17 11

Yellow Card: 1 0

Red Card: 0 0

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Fernando Rapallini

Assistants: Juan Pablo Belatti, Diego Bonfá