China News Service, December 2nd, in the early morning of the 2nd Beijing time, the World Cup Group F group stage in Qatar was all over.
Morocco defeated Canada 2:1 and qualified as the first place in this group. The quarter-finals will face the second place in Group E.
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Before this game, the Canadian team, which had lost both games in the group stage, had been eliminated early.
The Morocco team with 4 points only needs a draw to ensure that they will qualify from the group.
The Morocco team, which is already superior in strength, started very smoothly.
In the 4th minute, the Canadian goalkeeper made a mistake and Ziyech lobbed the goal to help the team take the lead.
In the 23rd minute, the Moroccan team launched a counterattack. En Nesri scored the ball under double-teaming and the score was rewritten to 2:0.
But before the end of the first half, the Canadian team pulled back a victory.
Agold accidentally scored an own goal in defense, which was the first own goal in this World Cup.
After changing sides to fight again, both teams created some chances to score goals, but the score on the field was not rewritten.
In the end, Morocco defeated Canada 2:1.
After taking all three points, Morocco advanced as the first in Group F, and will face the second place in Group E in the quarter-finals.
Morocco is also the second African team to advance to the knockout stage of this tournament after Senegal.
Due to a 0-0 draw with Belgium in another game, Croatia with 5 points got the second right to qualify in this group.
Belgium, as the seeded team in Group F, only achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the end, and was eliminated in the group stage.
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