FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, June 15, 2018
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Morocco WWDWW 0
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Gazprom Arena · 62,548 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Iran beat Morocco with added time Aziz Bouhaddouz own goal

Iran won their first World Cup match since 1998 as a 95th-minute Aziz Bouhaddouz own goal gave them a 1-0 win over Morocco.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
22
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
37
Possession
63
8
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
125
Accurate Passes
374
217
Passes
462
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
15
0.0
Cross %
0.2
66
Long Balls
59
19
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
4
25
Effective Clearances
15
25
Clearances
15

Lineups

MAR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Munir El KajouiG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 5Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 2Achraf HakimiLB
  5. 16Nordin AmrabatRB
  6. 10Younès BelhandaAM
  7. 14Mbark BoussoufaLM
  8. 8Karim El AhmadiRM
  9. 9Ayoub El KaabiF
  10. 18Amine HaritAM-L
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Faycal FajrSUB
  2. 20Aziz BouhaddouzSUB
  3. 22Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiSUB
  4. 23Mehdi Carcela-GonzálezSUB
  5. 1Yassine BounouSUB
  6. 13Khalid BoutaïbSUB
  7. 19Youssef En-NesyriSUB
  8. 3Hamza MendylSUB
  9. 21Sofyan AmrabatSUB
  10. 17Nabil DirarSUB
  11. 4Manuel da CostaSUB
  12. 15Youssef Aït BennasserSUB

IRN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Roozbeh CheshmiCD-L
  3. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-R
  4. 9Omid EbrahimiDM
  5. 3Ehsan HajsafiLB
  6. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  7. 11Vahid AmiriCM-L
  8. 7Masoud ShojaeiCM-R
  9. 10Karim AnsarifardLM
  10. 18Alireza JahanbakhshRM
  11. 20Sardar AzmounF

Substitutes

  1. 21Ashkan DejagahSUB
  2. 2Mehdi TorabiSUB
  3. 19Majid HosseiniSUB
  4. 12Rashid MazaheriSUB
  5. 17Mehdi TaremiSUB
  6. 14Saman GhoddosSUB
  7. 13Mohammad Reza KhanzadehSUB
  8. 5Milad MohammadiSUB
  9. 22Amir AbedzadehSUB
  10. 16Reza GhoochannejhadSUB
  11. 15Pejman MontazeriSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Masoud Shojaei (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 47' Alireza Jahanbakhsh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 68' Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Taremi replaces Masoud Shojaei.
  5. 76' Substitution, Morocco. Sofyan Amrabat replaces Nordin Amrabat because of an injury.
  6. 77' Substitution, Morocco. Aziz Bouhaddouz replaces Ayoub El Kaabi.
  7. 81' Substitution, IR Iran. Majid Hosseini replaces Omid Ebrahimi because of an injury.
  8. 82' Substitution, Morocco. Manuel da Costa replaces Amine Harit.
  9. 85' Substitution, IR Iran. Saman Ghoddos replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh because of an injury.
  10. 90'+2' Karim Ansarifard (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+5' Own Goal by Aziz Bouhaddouz, Morocco. Morocco 0, IR Iran 1.

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