Morocco 0-0 Spain (3-0 pens): Atlas Lions dump Spain & head into quarterfinals

Morocco 3-0 Spain by penalty shootout. The Atlas Lions dump Spain & head into the quarterfinals, making history. Achraf Hakimi scores winning penalty after Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets all miss.

Match Events

0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?

9' Boufal’s foul on Busquets overlook by ref

10' CLOSE! Hakimi’s shot wide out

21' Talent show!

25' CLOSE! Asensio’s shot wide out

32' CLOSE! Mazraoui’s shot too straight

54' CLOSE! Olmo’s shot too straight

75' Yellow Card! Laporte booked

89' Yellow Card! Saiss booked

94' Dangerous!

104' What a pity!

Match Report

Spain have been dumped out on the World Cup after losing 3-0 on penalties against Morocco.

Nothing could separate the teams after 120 minutes, which meant that spot kicks would decide who would progress to the quarter finals of the tournament.

As it turned out, Spain failed to score any of their three penalties. Pablo Sarabia, who was brought on specifically for the shootout, hit the post with Spain’s first kick.

Morocco scored their first two penalties, the second scored by Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech. Spain’s second penalty, taken by Carlos Soler, was saved by Sevilla’s Bono.

Badr Benoun missed Morocco’s third kick, which gave Spain an opening. However, it was one that they did not take as Sergio Busquets’ penalty was again saved by Bono.

That gave Achraf Hakimi, who was born in Spain, the chance to send Morocco through. He did so with the cheekiest of penalties, chipping the ball down the middle as Unai Simon dived to his right.

Morocco will face the winner of Tuesday evening’s second match, which is between Portugal and Switzerland, in the quarter final.

Line-ups

Morocco XI: Bounou, Saiss, Boufal, Ziyech, Amrabat, Mazraoui, Aguerd, Selim Amallah, Hakimi, En-Nesyri, Azzedine Ounahi

Subs: Munir, Abderrazak Hamdallah, A. Tagnaouti, Badr Benoun, Ilias Chair, El Yamiq, A.Sabiri, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Anass Zaroury, Yahya Jabrane, Achraf Dari, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Walid Cheddira, Ez Abde, Bilal El Khannouss

Spain XI: Alba, Busquets, Laporte, Llorente, Asensio, Unai Simón, Olmo, Rodri, Ferran Torres, Pedri, Gavi

Subs: Azpilicueta, Morata, Sarabia, Carvajal, Koke, David Raya, Soler, P. Torres, Robert Sánchez, Hugo Guillamón, Eric Garcia, Fati, Yeremy, Nico Williams, Álex Baldé