FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Croatia WWWWW 0
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Morocco DWWDW 0
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Al Bayt Stadium · 59,407 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Croatia held to goalless draw by Morocco in World Cup

Croatia, runners-up at the last World Cup, were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday in their opening Group F match.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
1
64.8
Possession
35.2
5
SHOTS
8
2
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
551
Accurate Passes
273
642
Passes
348
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
40
25
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
10
17
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
13
10
Effective Clearances
20
10
Clearances
20

Lineups

MAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 5Nayef AguerdCD-R
  4. 3Noussair MazraouiLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 4Sofyan AmrabatCM
  7. 15Selim AmallahLM
  8. 8Azzedine OunahiRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 17Sofiane BoufalLF
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Yahya JabraneSUB
  2. 12Munir El KajouiSUB
  3. 9Abderrazak HamdallahSUB
  4. 10Anass ZarourySUB
  5. 11Abdelhamid SabiriSUB
  6. 18Jawad El YamiqSUB
  7. 25Yahia Attiyat AllahSUB
  8. 22Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiSUB
  9. 16Abde EzzalzouliSUB
  10. 21Walid CheddiraSUB
  11. 14Zakaria AboukhlalSUB
  12. 24Badr BenounSUB
  13. 13Ilias ChairSUB
  14. 23Bilal El KhannoussSUB
  15. 20Achraf DariSUB

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 20Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 19Borna SosaLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 9Andrej KramaricF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 13Nikola VlasicRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Marko LivajaSUB
  2. 3Borna BarisicSUB
  3. 17Ante BudimirSUB
  4. 12Ivo GrbicSUB
  5. 16Bruno PetkovicSUB
  6. 24Josip SutaloSUB
  7. 2Josip StanisicSUB
  8. 7Lovro MajerSUB
  9. 18Mislav OrsicSUB
  10. 21Domagoj VidaSUB
  11. 5Martin ErlicSUB
  12. 15Mario PasalicSUB
  13. 25Luka SucicSUB
  14. 26Kristijan JakicSUB
  15. 23Ivica IvusicSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  2. 60' Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
  3. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  4. 71' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  5. 78' Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 79' Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  7. 81' Substitution, Morocco. Abderrazak Hamdallah replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  8. 82' Substitution, Morocco. Abdelhamid Sabiri replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
  9. 90' Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Ivan Perisic.

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