The match of the Moroccan and Canadian national teams, Thursday, in the Qatar Football World Cup, was watched by high-ranking Moroccan personalities from the stands of the “Al-Thumama” stadium in the capital, Doha.
The figures were presented by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in addition to Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director of National Security and the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance (Internal Intelligence), and Mohamed Yassin Mansouri, Director of the Studies and Documents Directorate (Foreign Intelligence).
The match ended with the victory of the Moroccan national team over its Canadian counterpart, with two goals to one, to reach the round of 16 of the World Cup finals, topping Group F.
The victory of the “Atlas Lions” came with a beautiful first goal, scored by the brilliant Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea player), less than 4 minutes from the start, taking advantage of a ball he caught from a wrong distraction by the Canadian goalkeeper, who followed it brilliantly into the net from a distance of 32 meters.
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The Moroccan advantage resulted in a second goal in the 23rd minute, following a very perfect pass by Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain player of France) to Youssef Al-Nusairi (Sevilla player of Spain), who shot it to the left of the goalkeeper, to enter history as the first Moroccan player to score in two consecutive editions of the World Cup.
Morocco topped the group standings with 7 points, Croatia second with five points and also qualified for the same round, while Belgium came third with 4 points, and finally Canada without any points.
The arrival of Morocco to the second round occurs for the second time in the history of the world championship, as it previously achieved this achievement in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico as the first Arab team to reach this role, before Saudi Arabia was able to repeat the achievement in 1994 in the World Cup in the United States, and Algeria after 28 years in Brazil. 2014.
