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Morocco vs Croatia, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Morocco
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Croatia

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.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Morocco).
  • 2': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Romain Saïss.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 8': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 8': Selim Amallah (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
  • 9': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Azzedine Ounahi.
  • 19': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 19': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 21': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Selim Amallah.
  • 25': Foul by Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco).
  • 25': Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
  • 27': Josko Gvardiol (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 29': Selim Amallah (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 30': Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 37': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
  • 37': Selim Amallah (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
  • 38': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 40': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 45': Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Morocco).
  • 45': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Luka Modric (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  • 48': Offside, Croatia. Josko Gvardiol tries a through ball, but Mario Pasalic is caught offside.
  • 50': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
  • 50': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
  • 51': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 52': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Achraf Hakimi.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Dejan Lovren (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 60': Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
  • 63': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 63': Selim Amallah (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 65': Attempt saved. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Hakim Ziyech.
  • 65': Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  • 70': Foul by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Morocco).
  • 70': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  • 71': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 72': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Nayef Aguerd.
  • 75': Foul by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Morocco).
  • 75': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 77': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
  • 78': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
  • 78': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 80': Hand ball by Selim Amallah (Morocco).
  • 81': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 81': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
  • 81': Substitution, Morocco. Abderrazak Hamdallah replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 82': Substitution, Morocco. Abdelhamid Sabiri replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
  • 88': Foul by Yahya Attiat-Allah (Morocco).
  • 88': Josip Juranovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 90': Foul by Borna Sosa (Croatia).
  • 90': Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Morocco).
  • 90'+3': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Morocco).
  • 90'+5': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+6': Foul by Selim Amallah (Morocco).
  • 90'+6': Marko Livaja (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Attendance: 59,407

FIFA World Cup Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Netherlands 0 0 0
2 Japan 0 0 0
3 Sweden 0 0 0
4 Tunisia 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

MAR Morocco (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Yassine Bounou (GK)
6 Romain Saïss
5 Nayef Aguerd
3 Noussair Mazraoui
2 Achraf Hakimi
4 Sofyan Amrabat Yellow Card
15 Selim Amallah
8 Azzedine Ounahi
19 Youssef En-Nesyri
17 Sofiane Boufal
7 Hakim Ziyech
Morocco Substitutes:
Yahya Jabrane, Munir El Kajoui, Abderrazak Hamdallah, Anass Zaroury, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Jawad El Yamiq, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Reda Tagnaouti, Abde Ezzalzouli, Walid Cheddira, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Badr Benoun, Ilias Chair, Bilal El Khannouss, Achraf Dari.

CRO Croatia (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
20 Josko Gvardiol
6 Dejan Lovren
19 Borna Sosa
22 Josip Juranovic
11 Marcelo Brozovic
8 Mateo Kovacic
10 Luka Modric
9 Andrej Kramaric
4 Ivan Perisic
13 Nikola Vlasic
Croatia Substitutes:
Marko Livaja, Borna Barisic, Ante Budimir, Ivo Grbic, Bruno Petkovic, Josip Sutalo, Josip Stanisic, Lovro Majer, Mislav Orsic, Domagoj Vida, Martin Erlic, Mario Pasalic, Luka Sucic, Kristijan Jakic, Ivica Ivusic.

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