First-half
goals
from
Hakim
Ziyech
and
Youssef
En-Nesyri
proved
enough
with
Nayef
Aguerd’s
own
goal
–
the
first
of
the
tournament
–
nothing
more
than
a
consolation
for
a
Canada
side
who
return
home
without
a
point.
Morocco
must
now
wait
for
Thursday’s
Group
E
games
to
see
who
they
will
face
in
the
last
16
at
Education
City
Stadium
on
Tuesday.
Walid
Regragui’s
side
needed
just
a
point
to
guarantee
a
place
in
the
knockout
stages
for
only
the
second
time,
and
first
since
1986,
and
they
were
gifted
a
dream
start
after
four
minutes.
Steven
Vitoria’s
backpass
to
Milan
Borjan
was
a
little
short
and
the
goalkeeper
compounded
the
error
with
a
heavy
touch
which
fell
nicely
for
Ziyech
to
chip
the
ball
into
an
empty
net
from
25
yards.
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Canada
looked
vulnerable
every
time
Morocco
came
forward
and
more
naïve
defending
contributed
to
the
second
goal
midway
through
the
first
half.
Achraf
Hakimi’s
long
ball
from
right-back
exposed
centre-half
Kamal
Miller
and
En-Nesyri
ran
on
to
it
before
firing
under
Borjan,
who
again
should
have
done
better.
Having
posed
no
attacking
threat
whatsoever,
Canada
halved
the
deficit
five
minutes
before
the
break.
Sam
Adekugbe
skipped
past
Hakimi
down
the
left
and
his
low
cross
was
diverted
goalwards
by
the
toe
of
Aguerd
with
Yassine
Bounou
unable
to
keep
it
out
at
his
near
post.
En-Nesyri
thought
he
had
restored
Morocco’s
two-goal
advantage
before
the
break,
firing
home
after
Canada
had
partially
cleared
Ziyech’s
inswinging
free-kick
from
the
right
but
his
effort
was
ruled
out
due
to
Aguerd
blocking
Borjan’s
view
from
an
offside
position.
Perhaps
sensing
the
size
of
their
achievement,
Morocco
went
into
their
shell
as
the
second
half
progressed.
Alphonso
Davies
volleyed
wide
on
the
stretch
before
Canada
came
within
inches
of
an
equaliser
after
71
minutes,
39-year-old
substitute
Atiba
Hutchinson
heading
on
to
the
underside
of
the
bar
with
Alistair
Johnston
unable
to
bundle
the
rebound
over
the
line.
Morocco
held
on,
though,
and
a
goalless
draw
in
the
other
pool
game
between
Croatia
and
Belgium
sparked
wild
scenes
of
celebration
at
the
final
whistle.
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