Cycle 2
Ended
27/11/2022
Belgium
0
:
2
(73) Sabiri
(90) Abukhalal
(73)
(90)
Morocco
The Belgian team was far from impressive in the opening round, but still managed to score all three points and defeat Canada 0:1.
Now the Belgians meet the Moroccan team that shut down Croatia well and squeezed a point out of it in a 0:0 draw and will hope to surprise once again and maybe record their first victory in the World Cup since 1998.
If Belgium beats Morocco, it will ensure its progress to the round of 16 and also set a new record because even Never managed to win nine consecutive games in the group stage.
Belgium has also never been defeated in the World Cup by an African team and the only meeting between them and Morocco was recorded in 1994 and ended 0:1 for the Europeans.
After the weak performance in the opening game, the coach of the Belgium national team Roberto Martins decided to make three changes in the lineup, when the formation changed and the defense line will consist of four players instead of five: Thomas Meunier took the place of Yannick Carrasco, Timothee Castan moved to the left back position, Amadou Onana started at the expense of Yuri Tillmans and Thorgan Hazar was placed in the wing.
In Morocco, the defender Nussier Mazrawi recovered from the injury he suffered against the Croatians and kept his place on the left side, but a very surprising change was made in the goal when Yassin Bono was removed from the lineup a few minutes before the opening whistle and his place was taken by Munir Mohammadi.
Sevilla's goalkeeper is reportedly unwell, but there is no official confirmation.
We expect much more from Belgium.
De Brauna (Photo: Reuters)
the progress of the game
Mexican referee Ramos kicked off the meeting in Doha.
Will Belgium celebrate qualifying for the eighth at the end of the 90 minutes?
5
A great opportunity for Belgium.
Turgan Hazard put a deep ball between the two defenders, Batshuayi was stopped one on one by Mohamedi and will settle for a corner
could have scored.
Batshuayi (Photo: Reuters)
15
Fifteen minutes after the start of the game, Belgium moves the ball and manages to reach the dangerous areas, but apart from Batshuayi's miss, they did not allow another real threat to Morocco's goal.
19
De Brauna managed to free himself from the double guard when he delivered with his heel, Meunier tried to score with a spun ball outside the box and did not make it difficult for Mohammadi
Jumped into the lineup unexpectedly and meanwhile is doing his job.
Mohammadi (Photo: GettyImages, ODD ANDERSEN)
21
Zeish swung his left leg from about 20 meters, the ball flew over Courtois' goal
28
An interesting attempt by Morocco ended in a bad kick by Amallah into the sky after Hakimi was brought down with his head
28
Onana went up for a high ball, committed a foul and received a yellow card that will prevent him from taking part in the final round against Croatia
A yellow that will prevent him from playing against Croatia.
Unana (Photo: Reuters)
35
Hakimi broke into the area from the right and from a difficult angle tried to kick the goal instead of delivering, and missed
35
De Brauna also tried to go alone from the second pass, but the ball he kicked was blocked and went into the corner
Belgium can't break through Morocco's defense.
De Brauna (Photo: Reuters)
39
De Brauna tried to turn a free ball into the far corner, the ball that came out landed on the top net
45
The referee added only one minute of added time, and what a huge drama we had during it: Turgan Hazard committed a foul on the edge of the box and the free ball was kicked by Zeish into the net, but the screen judges recognized a different position of the Moroccan players in the center of the box and although none of them touched the ball, They decided that this was how they misled Courtois who made a mistake and the goal was disallowed.
0:0 at halftime
No one touched the ball that Zaish kicked, but the movement of the ball led to the decision to disallow the goal on the grounds of a difference after the referee also came to watch the action (Photo: Reuters)
Belgium recovered from a deficit in the closing seconds of the half.
Courtois (Photo: GettyImages, JACK GUEZ)
50
Zeish tried to surprise Courtois from a distance, the goalkeeper was well prepared and caught
52
Eden Hazard embarked on a personal campaign that reminded me of oblivion and kicked a sharp ball that was deflected into the corner by Mohammadi
Struggling against the Moroccan defense.
De Brauna (Photo: Reuters)
57
What an opportunity for Morocco!
Boufal went past Monier and kicked into the far corner for Courtois, but the ball went wide of the Belgian goalkeeper's post
60
Double substitution in Belgium: Martens and Tillmans came in, Eden Hazard and Onana left
Half an hour into added time - the teams are still struggling against each other's defenses (Photo: Reuters)
65
Substitute Mertens got his first chance and kicked hard in the Moroccan box, Mohamed Hadaf
68
A double substitution in Morocco as well: Sabiri and Atia entered, Hakimi and Amalla left
Another game where he is not involved enough and is replaced.
Hazar (Photo: Reuters)
72
Another double substitution in Morocco: Boufal and An-Nasri went down and Hamdallah and Abuhalal came on in their place
73
Gol
This time it won't be taken away from them - Morocco took the lead!
Sabiri kicked a great free kick that went past all the Belgian defenders and fooled Courtois on the way to the net.
0:1 to Morocco!
What a moment for the Moroccan team.
Reasonable (Photo: Reuters)
75
Double substitution of Martins after conceding the goal: Hazard and Batshuayi left, Trussard and De Catalara entered
78
Another substitution in Morocco: Al Yamik came on instead of Onahi
Big mistake of the goalkeeper of the year in the world.
Courtois in goal (Photo: Reuters)
81
Belgium's last and attacking substitution: Lukaku came in, Meunier came out
83
De Bruyne's corner found the head of Vertonghen, but the stopper hit just wide of Mohammadi's post
Battle for every ball in the last minutes.
Zeish (Photo: Reuters)
91
Hamdallah burst into a one-on-one against Courtois, but this time the Belgian goalkeeper closed the near corner well and prevented the striker from scoring
92
Gol
A huge surprise on the way - Abukhalel doubled the advantage!
A great individual effort by Zeiss ended with a pass from the midfielder to the striker who kicked into Courtois' high net.
0:2 to Morocco!
Moroccan celebration.
The national team players after the goal (Photo: GettyImages, Buda Mendes)
95
Sabiri enters the register after a strong entry in de Brauna
The composition of the groups
Referee:
Cesar Ramos (Mexico)
Stadium:
Al Thomamah (Doha)
Belgium coach: Roberto Martins
The game setup
4:5:1
1t.
Courtois
15th
a taxi
2t.
Alderworld
5j.
Vertonghen
21 T.
Castan
16
The Hazar
18a.
onana
6a.
Witsel
7 k.
de Brauna
10a.
The Hazar
23 m.
Batshuayi
Substitutes bench:
24h.
De Catellara
8J.
Tillmans
14d.
Martens
9 r.
Lukaku
17 to
Trosar
Morocco coach: Walid Raghraghi
The game setup
4:5:1
12 m.
Mohammedan
2a.
wise
5 n.
Agar
6 r.
stableman
3 n.
Mezrawi
7 h.
Zaish
15s.
Amallah
4s.
Amarbat
8 a.
Unakhi
17s.
Bhopal
19
An-Nasri
Substitutes bench:
25 J.
Atiya Allah
18 c.
Al Yamik
11 a.
reasonable
9 a.
Hamdallah
14g.
Abu Khalal
sixth house
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Morocco
2
1
1
0
0-2
4
2
Belgium
2
1
0
1
2-1
3
3
Croatia
1
0
1
0
0-0
1
4
Canada
1
0
0
1
1-0
0
In the final round of Group V, Belgium will face Croatia and at the same time Morocco will play against Canada.
The games will take place on Thursday (December 1) at 17:00.
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