Pain for Spain! Morocco make history in shootout, march into quarters | As it happened

Morocco's players lift up their coach Walid Regragui after beating Spain in the round-of-16 in the FIFA World Cup. Photo: Twitter/ @FIFAWorldCup

Al Rayyan, Qatar: Morocco have created history in Qatar by entering the quarterfinals with a thrilling 3-0 shootout victory over favourites Spain after 120 minutes of punishing football that ended goalless. Achraf Hakimi, Hakim Ziyech and Abdelhamid Sabiri scored for Morocco while goalkeeper Yassine Bounou made two saves in the shootout.

As it happened
  • 1 year ago

    Hope you enjoyed this live updates. Please come back for the match between Portugal and Switzerland later. See you soon

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  • 1 year ago

    Portugal and Switzerland will play later to decide Morocco's opponent in the quarterfinals.

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  • 1 year ago

    Morocco had never went past the round-of-16 ever? Yet now they have.

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  • 1 year ago

    OH I love this world cup. This event of upsets. This memorable event. Love you, football.

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  • 1 year ago

    Ladies and gents, we've witnessed history.

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  • 1 year ago

    SPAIN ARE KNOCKED OUT!

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  • 1 year ago

    WHAT A MOMENT. WHAT HISTORY. MOROCCO MAKE HISTORY. AFRICA MAKE HISTORY

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  • 1 year ago

    SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOROCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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  • 1 year ago

    HAKIMI STEPS UP TO WIN IT FOR MOROCCO. CAN HE?

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  • 1 year ago

    SAVED!!!!!!! BONO SAVES! MOROCCO ON THE VERGE OF HISTORY!

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Teams
Morocco:
Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Nayef Aguerd, Romain Saiss (capt.), Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Azzedine Ounahi, Hakim Ziyech, Soufiane Boufal, Youssef En-Nesyri
Spain: Unai Simon, Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets (capt.), Gavi, Pedri, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio

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