Belgium out of the World Cup, Croatia passes as second. The tale of Morocco continues

2022-12-01 18:05:33Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Belgium out of the World Cup, Croatia passes as second. The tale of Morocco
Belgium out of the World Cup

First sensational World Cup elimination: Belgium fail to qualify for the next round, finishing third in Group F behind Morocco and Croatia. While Morocco got the three points against Canada and thanks to the draw between Croatia and Belgium took the first place in the group.

Lukaku leaves Belgium in the "mud".

Croatia does not win against Belgium, but manages to pass Group F. The Balkan national team ended the match with 0-0 figures and secured the second place in the group, while the Croatians should "thank" Romelu Lukaku who wasted a "bag" in the second half ” occasionally for the Belgians.

As for the chronicle of the challenge, the first half saw the most demanding Croatia as before the first minute was over, the Balkans showed their muscles through Ivan Perisic who threatened Courtois' goal with a strong shot. Meanwhile, the most interesting episode of the first half came in the 15th minute when Croatia won a penalty, but as Modric was about to shoot, VAR intervened and detected an irregular position by Dejan Lovren. The Belgians escaped while the Croatians despaired.

In the second half, Croatia appeared very persistent in the first minutes as Courtois had to intervene on two occasions to avoid the goal on the shots of Brozovic and Luka Modric. However, Romelu Lukaku had the clearest chance, but to everyone's surprise, the striker made a mistake with an almost empty goal. Next, again the Inter player in the 90th minute squandered a clean chance as he made a mistake in front of the empty goal. There were no more chances for the Belgians until the end with the Croatians staying compact and Belgium returning home after finishing the group in third place.

Canada ends with 0 points

Morocco beat Canada 2-1 and managed to qualify for the next stage, even finishing in first place in Group F. Decisive for the African national team, the goals of Ziyech and En Nesyri.

As for the chronicle of the match, the first half, Morocco immediately showed its ambitions and managed to unlock the result in the fourth minute through Hakim Ziyech. The footballer who is active in the ranks of Chelsea in the Premier League also benefited from a wrong exit of the Canadian goalkeeper Borjan who left the square empty and the attacker had no difficulty in punishing him.

Morocco's momentum continued in the following minutes, as the African national team doubled their lead in the 23rd minute through En Nesyri. The striker of Sevilla did not forgive the goalkeeper Borjan and gave his team calmness. However, the Canadians, even though they were not playing for any specific objective, tried to react and luck helped them after Aguerd's own goal in the 40th reduced the differences. Canada's goal woke up Morocco who scored again with En Nessir but this time the striker was unlucky as the goal was disallowed for an offside position on Aguerd who was in the opposing goalkeeper's range.

In the second half, Morocco tried to manage the challenge, but it was Canada that came seriously close to the path of the net with a header from Hutchinson that was stopped by the crossbar and then Johnston from close range missed Bono's square. Until the end, the result did not change and Morocco secures the 1/8 stage while closing Group F in first place, on the other hand, Canada closes the World Cup with 0 points.


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