On December 2, in Group F of the third round of the World Cup group stage, Morocco defeated Canada 2-1 to usher in two consecutive wins, so that Morocco ranked first in the group with 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 points, beating Croatia, the runner-up of the previous World Cup, and Belgium, the third runner-up, and strongly advanced to the round of 16 of the World Cup.
Morocco showed great strength in the first half of the game, scoring just 209 seconds into the game, and his shot was brilliant to break the deadlock for Morocco. Ennesri added another city to give Morocco a 2-0 lead. Acquiod then scored an own goal, the first of its kind in the Qatar World Cup. Ennesri scored again, but unfortunately he was blown offside and the goal was invalidated while the slide was celebrating. In the second half, Canada's Hutchinson's header hit the crossbar and hit the goal line, and the goal line technical replay showed that the ball was only halfway across the goal line and no goal was scored. In the end, Morocco defeated Canada 2-1 and advanced to the knockout rounds.
Morocco also set a number of records in this match:
Hakim Ziyech's opening 209-second goal was Morocco's fastest World Cup goal in history;
Hakim Ziyech's 209-second goal also set the record for the second fastest goal by an African team in the World Cup, behind Gian's 68 seconds;
Hakim Ziyech became only the third Moroccan player in its history to score both goals and assists in a single World Cup;
Morocco qualified for the World Cup knockout stage for the first time since 1986.
Morocco is ranked 22nd in the world, and there was also infighting before the World Cup, mainly due to the feud between the core of the team Ziyech and coach Khalilovic, the departure of Halilovic, the local young coach Regrage rushed to class to coach the team, and even in Morocco's first match against Croatia, Ziyech was booed by fans.
It was such a team with infighting, quality and world rankings that were strong in the group stage, first drawing with the previous runners-up Croatia, leaving their opponents without a chance for a whole match. Then, in a bearish situation, they beat Belgium, ranked second in the world and last third place, 2-0, and performed extremely well. Now facing the last opponent of the group stage, Canada, which returns to the World Cup, Morocco has no ambiguity, and has successfully won and advanced to the knockout stage.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Morocco is the biggest dark horse of this tournament, when they were in a group with the runners-up and third runners-up of the previous World Cup, most people felt that this team was a marginal team that "studied with the prince". But they conquered everyone with their own performance, keeping a clean sheet in Croatia and overthrowing Belgium.
The World Cup is the stage for miracles, but also the battlefield for dark horses, it is clear that this World Cup in Qatar, Morocco is the biggest dark horse, looking forward to their next performance.
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