Just before the first whistle, an unusual situation occurred. Bono, the main goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team, took part in the warm-up and then left for the presentation and the national anthems, but the match was started by his substitute. According to the media, the Sevilla goalkeeper suffered an injury which ultimately prevented him from playing against Belgium.
At the end of the first half, the Moroccan team took the lead against all odds. Hakim Ziyech scored from a free kick. However, it turned out that in this situation one of his teammates was in an offside position and the goal was eventually disallowed.
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After the break, both teams tried to open the scoring. Dries Mertens, who appeared on the pitch in the second half of the match, was looking for his chance to score. What the favorites failed to do, the Moroccan team did. In the 73rd minute, Abdelhamid Sabiri scored directly from a free kick, which arrived on the pitch a few minutes earlier.
It turned out that the Sampdoria player’s goal was not the last for Morocco in this game. Zakaria Aboukhlal made it 2-0 in added time.
Belgium won 1-0 against Canada on Matchday 1, while Morocco drew with Croatia scoreless. In the second of Sunday’s matches in this group, Croatia beat Canada 4-1.
Belgium – Morocco 0:2 (0:0)
Aim: Sabiri 73, Aboukhlal 90+3
Belgium: Thibaut Courtois – Thomas Meunier (81st Romelu Lukaku), Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen – Timothy Castagne, Amadou Onana (60th Youri Tielemans), Axel Witsel, Eden Hazard (60th Dries Mertens), Thorgan Hazard (75th Leandro Trossard) – Michy Batshuayi ( 75th Charles De Ketelaere), Kevin De Bruyne.
Morocco: Munir El Kajoui – Achraf Hakimi (68th Yahia Attiat-Allal), Nayef Aguerd, Romain Saiss, Noussair Mazraoui – Azzedine Ounahi (78th Jawad El Yamiq), Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah (68th Abdelhamid Sabiri) – Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En-Nesyri (73. Abderrazak Hamdallah), Sofiane Boufal (73. Zakaria Aboukhlal).
Yellow cards: Onana Sabiri.
Judge: Cesar Arturo Ramos (Mexico).
The viewers: 43738.
BS, Polsat Sports
