Goals and Highlights: Belgium 0-2 Morocco in World Cup Qatar 2022

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BELGIUM 0-2 MOROCCO.

GOAL MOROCCO

Zakaria Aboukhlal's counter-attacking play and first-time shot into the corner to seal the victory.

Add 5 more minutes.

A long cross that Lukaku can't get a good finish on.

Jan Vertonghen's header goes wide.

Belgium changes

Ketelaere and Trossard come in. 

Hazard and Michy Batshuayi come off the bench.

MOROCCO GOAL

Direct free kick to the near post that goes past Courtois and Abdelhamid Sabiri opens the scoring.

Morocco changes

Aboukhlal and Hamdallah come in.

Boufal and En-Nesyri come off the bench.

Morocco changes

Sabiri and Allah enter

Amallah and Hakimi come out

Belgium out of place

Mertens' shot from outside the box is controlled by Morocco's goalkeeper.

Hazard and Onana leave

Mertens and Tielemans come in.

Belgium changes

Dangerous shot from Sofiane Boufal that goes wide of the goal.

Hazard's shot is blocked by the goalkeeper.

The second half begins between Belgium and Morocco.

BELGIUM 0-0 MOROCCO

The score is disallowed due to a previous offside. No goal.

GOAL MOROCCO

Direct free kick that deflects nothing and past Courtois, courtesy of Hakim Ziyech.

Add 1 minute more.

Morocco will be awarded a free kick for a foul just outside the area.

De Bruyne's free kick goes over the top of the goal.

Dangerous cross that Yassine Bounou controls easily.

Yellow card for Onana of Belgium.

Selim Amallah's shot went over the top of the goal, but the African team was gradually losing the upper hand.

Morocco's first attempt, Hakim Ziyech's shot went wide.

Now the shot was from Thomas Meunier to the goalkeeper's location.

Amadou Onana beats the goalkeeper to a corner kick, but his header goes over the top of the goal.

De Bruyne's shot from a set piece is blocked by the defense.

De Bruyne's free-kick cross is blocked by the Moroccan defense.

With more time in possession of the ball for the Belgian team, but still with little clarity in the final area of the field.

Michy Batshuayi's through ball is well saved by the goalkeeper.

The game between Belgium and Morocco is underway.

The protocol is carried out and the national anthems are played.

The game between Belgium and Morocco will kick off in a few minutes.

24 Badr Benoun

14 Zakaria Aboukhlal

11 Abdelhamid Sabiri

13 Ilias Chair

12 Munir El Kajoui

10 Anass Zaroury

20 Achraf Dari

22 Reda Tagnaouti

9 Abderrazak Hamdallah

26 Yahya Jabrane

18 Jawad El Yamiq

21 Walid Cheddira

23 Bilal El Khannouss

16 Abde Ezzalzouli

25 Yahya Attiyat-Allah

26 Zeno Debast

17 Leandro Trossard

14 Dries Mertens

4 Wout Faes

20 Hans Vanaken

8 Youri Tielemans

24 Loïs Openda

11 Yannick Carrasco

22 Charles De Ketelaere

13 Koen Casteels

9 Romelu Lukaku

12 Simon Mignolet

3 Arthur Theate

25 Jérémy Doku

19 Leander Dendoncker

1 Yassine Bounou, 6 Romain Saïss, 5 Nayef Aguerd, 3 Noussair Mazraoui, 2 Achraf Hakimi, 4 Sofyan Amrabat, 15 Selim Amallah, 8 Azzedine Ounahi, 19 Youssef En-Nesyri, 17 Sofiane Boufal, 7 Hakim Ziyech.

Despite the criticism he has received, even for his weight, Roberto Martinez has maintained his stance and today has once again placed Eden Hazard as a starter at the front of the team's attack, remembering that Romelu Lukaku is still not at one hundred percent and that is why he is on the substitutes' bench.

1 Thibaut Courtois, 2 Toby Alderweireld, 5 Jan Vertonghen, 15 Thomas Meunier, 6 Axel Witsel, 18 Amadou Onana, 16 Thorgan Hazard, 21 Timothy Castagne, 23 Michy Batshuayi, 10 Eden Hazard, 7 Kevin De Bruyne.

1. Belgium, 3 points, +1
2. Croatia, 1 point, 0
3. Morocco, 1 point, 0
4. Canada, 0 points, -1

Led by Roberto Martinez, the Belgium national team arrived at the Al Thumama Stadium, which will host today's match in Doha, Qatar.

Ready to rumble. ✅ #BELMAR #DEVILTIME pic.twitter.com/85mmOBWdym

— Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) November 27, 2022

Prior to this game, the Moroccan team decided that it was necessary to take a point in this game in order to have a mathematical chance of advancing to the last date of the World Cup Group Stage.

One of the things that most criticized the Belgian National Team at the beginning was its soccer performance, which left many doubts and even the players themselves acknowledged that with that level it would hardly be enough for them to transcend in this World Cup.

Group F activity kicks off this Sunday when Belgium seeks to advance to the next round against Morocco in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. We begin with VAVEL's coverage of the game.

Do not miss a detail of the match with the live updates and commentaries of VAVEL. Follow along with us all the details, commentaries, analysis and lineups for this Belgium vs Morocco match for the World Cup Qatar 2022 on VAVEL US at Al Thumama Stadium, in Doha, Qatar.

This is the start time of the game Belgium vs Morocco of November 27th in several countries:

Argentina: 10:00 AM on ESPN, TYC Sports and Star +

Bolivia: 9:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Brazil: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Chile: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Colombia: 8:00 AM on ESPN, Gol TV Caracol and Star +

Ecuador: 8:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

United States (ET): 8:00 AM on Fox and Telemundo

Spain: 2:00 PM

Mexico: 7:00 AM on Canal 5, Azteca 7, TUDN and SKY Sports

Paraguay: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Peru: 8:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

Uruguay: 10:00 AM on ESPN and Star +

The only previous meeting between these two teams took place in the 1994 World Cup when the Belgian team won by the minimum difference against the African team.

Belgium 1-0 Morocco: 1994 World Cup USA

The Moroccan national team will have to improve a lot to be able to make an upset, as they did not have many chances against Croatia and Yassine Bounou participated in several actions that were relevant to keep the clean sheet and it is expected that his participation under the three posts will be essential to try to rescue another good result.

The most talented player and the one who can make the difference with a single spark is the Manchester City player Kevin De Bruyne, however, in the debut his participation was not relevant and he even won the MVP of the game against Canada, so it was said that he had not done anything relevant on the field to win it.

1 Yassine Bounou, 6 Romain Saïss, 5 Nayef Aguerd, 3 Noussair Mazraoui, 2 Achraf Hakimi, 4 Sofyan Amrabat, 15 Selim Amallah, 8 Azzedine Ounahi, 19 Youssef En-Nesyri, 17 Sofiane Boufal, 7 Hakim Ziyech.

1 Thibaut Courtois, 2 Toby Alderweireld, 5 Jan Vertonghen, 19 Leander Dendoncker, 6 Axel Witsel, 8 Youri Tielemans, 11 Yannick Carrasco, 21 Timothy Castagne, 23 Michy Batshuayi, 10 Eden Hazard, 7 Kevin De Bruyne.

Morocco 0-0 Croatia, Date 1, Wednesday 23 November

Belgium vs Morocco, Date 2, Sunday, November 27

Canada vs Morocco, Date 3, Thursday, December 1

Belgium 1-0 Canada, Date 1, Wednesday, November 23

Belgium vs Morocco, Date 2, Sunday, November 27

Croatia vs Belgium, Date 3, Thursday, December 1, 2010

At the end of the game after the draw against Croatia, Morocco coach Walid Regragui commented that they over-respected their opponents and that cost them a better result.

"We faced a great team that has a very strong midfield. We tried to work as a team but we may have respected them too much at times."

He also added that the team did have wear and tear for 90 minutes and that at the end it was noticeably appreciated on the pitch, but that they had the necessary tools defensively to hold on for a goalless draw: "We noticed the fatigue at the end. In any case, it is a good result".

Before that, the strategist assured that they had some clear opportunities that they failed to take advantage of and indicated that they will work on the mistakes they made during the first battle in order to avoid repeating them.

"We have our options intact, we are in the race for the round of 16. But the result against Croatia is a pity. We had chances and we didn't take them. We also made a lot of technical mistakes in the midfield. But we have four days left to work and recover in these sessions."

Belgium did not have a good start in the soccer against Canada because, despite winning by the minimum difference, they left much to be desired and if it had not been for the opponent's bad aim, the result would have been different. In spite of this, coach Roberto Martínez emphasized that a victory is not achieved by mere chance and that they were accurate in the one they had, in addition to highlighting the defensive work. In addition, he justified the starting lineup of Eden Hazard, who has been in the controversy because in some photos he has been seen "overweight".

"Winning a World Cup match when you play badly is not something you get by chance. We defended very well and we had a goalkeeper (Thibaut Courtois) who shone. We have to show a lot of respect for the Canada game. They did very well what they had to do. We didn't. We gave them the game they wanted. Canada was better at what they wanted to do, but we found a way to win,

After the victory obtained in the first matchday, Belgium, with a combination of results this matchday, could secure their passage to the next round where they will seek to improve on what they did in Russia 2018 when they reached the Semifinals and took third place after beating England. On the other hand, Morocco needs to win to stay alive for the last matchday, since a bad result combined with a victory in the other game would put the African team in the urgency of winning in the last matchday and waiting for a combination of the other match.

The Belgium vs Morocco match will be played at the Al Thumama Stadium, in Doha, Qatar. The kick-off is scheduled at 08:00 am ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I will be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL US.