1-2 Morocco beat Canada by one goal

By Naveen Dec 02, 2022

Morocco reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the second time with a 2-1 win over Canada on Thursday.

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Morocco & Croatia qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup knockouts from Group F

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Hakim Ziyech scored for Morocco in the fourth minute when Canada's goalkeeper left and fired the ball into an empty net.

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Youssef N-Nesiri added his second in the 23rd. Morocco seemed to occupy the Canadians.

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But Nayef Agurd's own-goal made it 2-1 shortly before halftime.

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Canada spent most of the second half putting pressure on Morocco for the equalizer.

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Morocco have now won more games in this World Cup than in all their previous appearances at the tournament combined.

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