Unbeaten in 34 matches – why Morocco are World Cup contenders

BBC Sport · 3 months ago

Canada 0

FIFA WC26 0-3 Finished

Morocco 3

Key moments

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