The national team of Morocco defeated Canada and reached the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup

The national team of Morocco defeated the Canadian team in the match of the 1/8 finals of the FIFA World Cup, which takes place in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The match took place on Saturday, July 4 in the American city of Houston and ended with a score of 3:0.

Azzedine Unai scored a double, scoring in the 50th and 82nd minutes. In the eighth minute added to the second half, Sufyan Rahimi put a point in the match. At the same time, the top scorer of the Moroccans in the current tournament, Ismael Saibari, was injured in the first half and was replaced in the 22nd minute.

During the first half, referee Michael Oliver showed six yellow cards, while both teams together scored only five shots on goal. This case was the first in the history of the World Championships since 1966, when such statistics are kept.

In the quarterfinals, the opponent of the Moroccans will be the winner of the Paraguay–France pair, whose match will take place on Sunday night. In addition, the Moroccan national team became the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the world championship more than once — it previously reached this stage in 2022, where it took fourth place.

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