Unbeaten in 34 matches – why Morocco are World Cup contenders

BBC Sport · 3 days ago

Canada
0

FIFA WC26
0-3
Finished

Morocco
3

Key moments

1. 20'
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   Redouane HALHAL (Morocco) is booked by
2. 40'
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   Achraf HAKIMI (Morocco) is booked by
3. 40'
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   Richie LARYEA (Canada) is booked by
4. 43'
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   Jonathan DAVID (Canada) is booked by
5. 45'
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   Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) is booked by
6. 45'+6'
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   Bilal EL KHANNOUSS (Morocco) is booked
7. 49'
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   Luc DE FOUGEROLLES (Canada) is booked
8. 50'
   Goal
   Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
9. 67'
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   Cyle LARIN (Canada) is booked by
10. 82'
    Goal
    Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
11. 90'+8'
    Goal
    Soufiane RAHIMI (Morocco) scores!!

Squads

Canada squad

• Selected
• 2 Alistair JOHNSTON
  Defender
• 4 Luc DE FOUGEROLLES
  Defender
• 7 Stephen EUSTAQUIO
  C Midfielder
• 10 Jonathan DAVID
  Forward
• 12 Tani OLUWASEYI
  Forward
• 15 Moise BOMBITO
  Defender
• 16 Maxime CREPEAU
  Goalkeeper
• 17 Tajon BUCHANAN
  Forward
• 20 Ali AHMED
  Forward
• 22 Richie LARYEA
  Defender
• 23 Niko SIGUR
  Defender
• 1 Dayne ST. CLAIR
  Goalkeeper
• 3 Alfie JONES
  Defender
• 5 Joel WATERMAN
  Defender
• 6 Mathieu CHOINIERE
  Midfielder
• 9 Cyle LARIN
  Forward
• 11 Liam MILLAR
  Midfielder
• 13 Derek CORNELIUS
  Defender
• 14 Jacob SHAFFELBURG
  Midfielder
• 18 Owen GOODMAN
  Goalkeeper
• 19 Alphonso DAVIES
  Defender
• 21 Jonathan OSORIO
  Midfielder
• 24 Promise DAVID
  Forward
• 25 Nathan SALIBA
  Midfielder
• 26 Jayden Nelson
  Forward
• Full squad
• 8 Ismael KONE
  Midfielder

Morocco squad

• Selected
• 1 Yassine BOUNOU
  Goalkeeper
• 2 Achraf HAKIMI
  C Defender
• 3 Noussair MAZRAOUI
  Defender
• 6 Ayyoub BOUADDI
  Midfielder
• 8 Azzedine OUNAHI
  Midfielder
• 10 Brahim DIAZ
  Forward
• 11 Ismael SAIBARI
  Midfielder
• 14 Issa Diop
  Defender
• 23 Bilal EL KHANNOUSS
  Midfielder
• 24 Neil EL AYNAOUI
  Midfielder
• 25 Redouane HALHAL
  Defender
• 4 Sofyan AMRABAT
  Midfielder
• 5 Marwane SAADANE
  Defender
• 7 Chemsdine TALBI
  Midfielder
• 9 Soufiane RAHIMI
  Forward
• 12 Munir EL KAJOUI
  Goalkeeper
• 13 Zakaria EL OUAHDI
  Defender
• 15 Samir EL MOURABET
  Midfielder
• 16 Gessime YASSINE
  Midfielder
• 17 Amine SBAI
  Forward
• 18 Chadi RIAD
  Defender
• 19 Youssef BELAMMARI
  Defender
• 20 Ayoub El Kaabi
  Forward
• 21 Ayoube AMAIMOUNI
  Forward
• 22 Ahmed Reda TAGNAOUTI
  Goalkeeper
• 26 Anass SALAH EDDINE
  Defender

As Morocco beat Canada to book their place in the last-8, their World Cup campaign can no longer be seen as a fairytale.

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