Morocco took down tournament favorite Belgium

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Belgium, one of this Qatar World Cup tournament’s favorite teams, got defeated by Morocco. Previously Argentina and Germany had the same fate. Final time: Belgium vs Morocco, 0-2, quite a show once again in this FIFA World Cup 2022. Belgium is currently No. 2 position in FIFA’s recent ranking, just behind Brazil by a small margin.

 

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After the first half, the score was 0-0, and Belgium dominated as usual what they aspire for. At 73 minutes Romain Saïss of Morocco scores a phenomenal goal, and towards the end of the match, Moroccans pressed Belgium even harder with a 90+2 extra minutes goal while they were huffing and puffing for a goal to level the scorecard. The upsetting performance from Belgium side make Roberto Martinez enforced to bring Romelu Lukaku for the last portion of the game, even though he is struggling to recover from injury.

 

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It was a night of Morrocian supporters, fans, wishers, and the biggest World Cup moment for them as it was their first World Cup win in 24 years, they last won a World Cup Match in 1998.

 

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Belgium will have a hard time ahead in fighting to pass the group stage, in their first match they managed the get the full point from Canada by 1-0.

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