"European Red Devils" Belgium's first loss to African team was upset by Morocco

(Qatar World Cup) "European Red Devils" Belgium's first defeat to an African team was upset by Morocco

　　China News Agency, Doha, November 27th. On the 27th local time, in the second round of the World Cup Group F group match, the "European Red Devils" Belgian team was unexpectedly defeated by the Morocco team 2:0. This is the end of the losing record.

　　In the first round of competition, Belgium beat Canada by one goal, while Morocco drew tenaciously with last runner-up Croatia.

　　Although the "golden generation" including De Bruyne and Hazard in the current Belgian team has obviously shown signs of fatigue, Morocco, whose starting 11 players basically played in the Premier League, Ligue 1 and Serie A, showed their performance in the first round. China's overall strength should not be underestimated, but the outside world is still more optimistic about the European traditional strong team that has gone 8 consecutive unbeaten games in the World Cup group stage.

　　After the kick-off in the first half, Belgium clearly took the initiative in the offense, while Morocco looked for opportunities through counterattacks and set kicks.

Both sides created some chances in front of the other's goal, but failed to change the score.

　　In stoppage time, Morocco No. 7 Ziyech scored a free kick from outside the penalty area, but the referee judged offside after checking the video assistant referee, and the goal was invalid.

　　Easy side to fight again, both sides speed up the pace significantly.

Although the Belgian team still had the advantage in possession time, it did not pose a greater threat to the opponent's goal.

　　In front of a slightly impatient opponent, Morocco seized the opportunity of a free kick in the 73rd minute. Sabiri directly kicked the goal near the baseline to help the team open the scoring.

This is also the first direct free kick goal in this World Cup.

　　The Belgian team, eager to equalize the score, then dispatched the famous player Lukaku, who was plagued by injuries, and pressed across the board to try to reverse the situation, but failed to achieve significant results.

　　In stoppage time, the Moroccan team took advantage of the emptiness of the opponent's defense to hit a quick counterattack. Abkhral made it overnight and fixed the score at 2:0.

　　World No. 22 Morocco upset over world No. 2 Belgium.

After this campaign, Morocco, which scored 4 points in two rounds, surpassed Belgium and temporarily ranked first in the group.

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