Morocco won the penalty kick match in the first round of the final tournament of the Football World Cup Qatar tournament, and Morocco decided to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time.
The match between Morocco, who finished first in Group F of the first league, and Spain, who finished second in Group E, will take place at the Education City Stadium near Doha at 0:00 a.m. Japan time on the 7th. I was.
In the match, Spain kept control of the game from beginning to end with their specialty passing, with a possession rate of more than 60%.
However, Morocco boasted solid defence, conceding just one goal in three matches in the first league, and did not concede any goals.
After 120 minutes, including extra time, the match was not settled and the match went into a penalty shootout with the score 0-0.
In the penalty shootout, Spain's substitute Pablo Sarabia took the first kicker, but after being repelled by the goal post, Morocco goalkeeper Yasinu Bunu made a great save to keep Spain at 3. People fail consecutively.
On the other hand, Morocco scored 3 out of 4 players and won the penalty kick match 3-0 to advance to the last 8 for the first time.
This is the fourth time for an African team to advance to the quarterfinals since Ghana in 2010, and they will aim to become the first African team to advance to the final four.
Spain, on the other hand, lost the World Cup for the fifth time on penalty kicks and the fourth time, the most ever.