FIFA World Cup

FT Monday, June 25, 2018
Morocco DWWLL 2
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Spain WDWDW 2
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MAR112
ESP112
Rostec Arena · 33,973 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Spain level late against Morocco after VAR overturns late offside goal

Morocco were denied a shock World Cup win against Spain in their Group B finale on Monday when VAR overturned a late offside call in a 2-2 draw.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
5
6
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
31
Possession
69
6
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
4
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
186
Accurate Passes
677
243
Passes
740
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
52
21
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
1
15
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
14
Interceptions
9
21
Effective Clearances
2
21
Clearances
2

Head to Head

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 6Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 10Thiago AlcantaraRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 22IscoLF
  11. 21David SilvaRF

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 12Munir El KajouiG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 4Manuel da CostaCD-R
  4. 8Karim El AhmadiDM
  5. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  6. 17Nabil DirarRB
  7. 10Younès BelhandaCM-L
  8. 14Mbark BoussoufaCM-R
  9. 7Hakim ZiyechLM
  10. 16Nordin AmrabatRM
  11. 13Khalid BoutaïbF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Spain 0, Morocco 1. Khalid Boutaïb (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 19' Goal! Spain 1, Morocco 1. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta.
  3. 21' Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 29' Nordin Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 31' Manuel da Costa (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 31' Moubarak Boussoufa (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 63' Substitution, Morocco. Fayçal Fajr replaces Younès Belhanda.
  8. 72' Substitution, Morocco. Youssef En-Nesyri replaces Khalid Boutaïb.
  9. 74' Substitution, Spain. Iago Aspas replaces Diego Costa.
  10. 74' Substitution, Spain. Marco Asensio replaces Thiago Alcântara.
  11. 81' Goal! Spain 1, Morocco 2. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Fayçal Fajr with a cross following a corner.
  12. 84' Substitution, Spain. Rodrigo replaces David Silva.
  13. 85' Substitution, Morocco. Aziz Bouhaddouz replaces Hakim Ziyech.
  14. 89' Munir Mohamedi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! Spain 2, Morocco 2. Iago Aspas (Spain) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dani Carvajal with a cross following a corner.
  16. 90'+3' VAR Decision: Goal Spain 2-2 Morocco (Iago Aspas).
  17. 90'+4' Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card.

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