Spain preferred the runner-up to facing Croatia .. and Germany is losing history

4 crazy scenarios gave Morocco and Japan the lead

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The last round of the fifth and sixth groups of the World Cup currently being held in Qatar witnessed four crazy scenarios that gave Morocco and Japan the lead, while the runners-up went to Croatia and Spain, while Germany and Belgium were knocked out in the first round.

Morocco raised the flag of the Arabs high in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, with its team reaching the World Cup elimination stage for the second time in its history, and after 36 years of achieving the same achievement in 1986 in Mexico.

The “Atlas Lions” set a date with Spain in the round of 16 of the World Cup, after the “Matador” finished second in Group E behind Japan.

The Moroccan national team had defeated Canada 2-1, the day before yesterday, decisively topping its sixth group against Croatia, which crossed a goalless draw with Belgium.

It is the second successive victory for Morocco, and the fourth in the history of its six participations so far, after it had won in the last round against Belgium with two clean goals.

It is the first time that Morocco has achieved two consecutive victories, after it was its best result in the past when it collected five points in the 1986 World Cup, when it topped Group F also against England, Poland and Portugal, and four points in the 1998 World Cup, which it bid farewell to in the first round.

The Canada match came to perpetuate new records for the stars of the Moroccan national team, and their national coach Walid Rekragui, who became the first national coach to reach the eighth round with the Atlantic Lions. Hakim Ziyech also succeeded in scoring the first goal in his international career with his country, and Youssef Al-Nusairi wrote his name. In the Moroccan football record, after he became the first player to score in two versions of the World Cup, and Nayef Akrad, who entered the history of the current version, but from the back door, by scoring an own goal, which is the first goal of friendly fire to be scored in the Qatar World Cup, and the 100th goal in tournament.

And Croatia succeeded in deciding its fate in its own hands by drawing negatively with Belgium, the runner-up in the world rankings, and removing it from the tournament, after it was one of the candidates to qualify for Group F, to meet Croatia with Japan in the knockout round.

The excitement reached its full extent in the breathtaking fifth group, with Japan ahead of Spain and Costa Rica over Germany, which meant the exit of the two giants, Germany and Spain, and despite the “Manshafts” converting its delay into a 4-2 victory, this victory was not enough to cross the Germans to The second round after being let down by Spain, and the result remained the same, with Japan winning the last 2-1.

Japan topped Group E with six points, compared to four points for Spain, who are equal with Germany, but are superior to them on goal difference, thanks to their great victory over Costa Rica with seven unanswered goals.

The German national team lost much of its name and football reputation with this exit, which is repeated for the second edition in a row, by bidding farewell to the World Cup from the group stage in a historic precedent for the world champion four times.

Germany had many problems and crises, especially at the level of the defense line, so it scored five goals in the three matches in its group, while scoring six goals.

Germany conceded 15 times in 10 official matches, which reinforces the defensive crisis suffered by the "Manshafts" in the previous period.

Spain's loss from Japan prompted some to accuse coach Luis Henrique's men of intentionally losing to avoid a clash with Croatia in the Round of 16 and play with Argentina and Brazil in the next rounds, who will fall in the way of the Group Six leaders.

In turn, Japan skipped the group stage on five occasions, turned against logic and history, and was able to qualify for the second round, with a deserved lead at the expense of Spain and Germany, after beating them with the same score 2-1, while losing to Costa Rica with a clean goal.

Germany.. lost much of its footballing reputation.. and bid farewell

Belgium .. «ranked second in the world» outside the World Cup

Japan.. turned on logic and history and conquered Spain

Morocco.. immortalized its name in golden letters and qualified as the leader

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