FACTS & STATS: RESOLUTE MOROCCO REACH Q/FINAL AFTER BEATING SPAIN 3-0 ON PENALTIES
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Farouq Oduola A.
FIFA World Cup Round of 16 Match Statistics
MOROCCO VS SPAIN
Venue: Education City Stadium
Morocco 0 vs 0 Spain
(0 3) pen
Morocco XI (4-3-3): Bono; Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal
Spain XI (4-3-3): Simon; M. Llorente, Rodri, Laporte, Alba; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Torres, Asensio, Olmo
MATCH FACTS
Morocco has handed Spain a crushing defeat. The Moroccan side one 3 – 0 on penalties after a 0 – 0 result on the pitch.
The game was the second World Cup meeting between the two sides. Spain has never lost in the three last meetings with Morocco – until now.
Morroco goes onto the quarter-finals in what will be there first-ever appearance at this World Cup stage.
Morocco featured in the knockout stages of the World Cup for only the second time. In 1986, they reached round 16, losing to Germany 1-0.
Yassine Bounou is the first African goalkeeper to save a penalty in a FIFA World Cup shootout.
Morocco coach Walid Regragui has become the first ever African manager to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
Aged 18 years and 123 days Gavi 🇪🇸 is the youngest player to start a knockout match at the #FIFAWorldCup since Pelé 🇧🇷 in the 1958 final (17y 249d).
Spain have become the first nation in World Cup history to lose four penalty shootouts, while they’ve become just the second side to not score in one after Switzerland against Ukraine in 2006.
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