Overthrowing Canada, Morocco advances to the round of 16

Canada and Morocco met in the Group F match of the 2022 World Cup. After defeating Canada 2-1 with goals scored in the first half, Morocco reached the round of 16 completing the group lead, thanks to the result of the Croatia-Belgium match.

Judge Ziyech, who appreciated goalkeeper Milan Borjan’s great mistake in the 4th minute of the game, scored the goal that put Morocco ahead 1-0. Youssef En-Nesyri was the name that made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute of the game, and the first half ended Morocco’s superiority 2-1 with an own goal by Nayef Aguerd in the 40th minute.

Since there was no other goal in the remaining minutes, the fight ended with this score. After drawing with Croatia in the first group game and beating Belgium in the second game, Morocco defeated Canada and finished top of the group with 7 points. Canada, for its part, remained in last place with 0 points.

In the other group game, Croatia and Belgium drew 0-0 and Croatia finished second in the group with 5 points.

On the other hand, Beşiktaş’s Moroccan star Romain Saiss played 90 minutes in the match.