Morocco, the only African team left at the FIFA World Cup going on in Qatar, has dump Spain, the 2010 Champions out of the competition.
The 7th Round of 16 match played at the Education City Stadium ended 0:0 after extra time, and had to be settled by a penalty shootout.
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After 120 minutes of goalless domination, in which they racked up 1019 passes, Luis Enrique’s side capitulated in the shoot-out with Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets all missing their penalties.
Morocco’s hero of the day, goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved the second and third penalties by Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets, while the first penalty by Pablo Sarabia hit the goal post.
Abdelhamid Sabiri and Hakim Ziyech scored the first and second penalties for Portugal. While Badr Benoun missed the third, PSG’s Achraf Hakimi stepped up to score the fourth and winning penalty with a panenka to send Morocco through to the Quarter-final for the first time.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
