Croatia and Morocco will face off Saturday for a third-place finish in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Here's everything you need to know about the match.
People gather around the official countdown clock showing remaining time until the kickoff of the World Cup 2022, in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 11, 2022.in the 2018 final, and ironically enough, its first match of this year's World Cup was against Morocco in Group F play. Morocco won the group with seven points, while Croatia finished with five. The played to a 0-0 draw Nov. 23.
Four days later, Croatia demolished Canada, 4-1, and in its final game of group play, it played to another 0-0 tie, this time against Belgium. That was enough to get Croatia into the knockout stage and eliminated Belgium, which entered the tournament as the second-ranked team in the world.in the round of 16, and after they played to a 1-1 draw through extra time, they took home a victory in PKs. Oh, and they did the same thing against Brazil in the quarterfinals.
Croatian players celebrate with goalkeeper Dominik Livaković after he saves three penalty shots in a shootout during a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 round of 16 match between Japan and Croatia at Al Janoub Stadium Dec. 5, 2022, in Al Wakrah, Qatar.We discussed their first match above. After that draw, Morocco puled off a miraculous 2-0 upset against Belgium and then defeated Canada, 2-1, to win the group.
In the round of 16, Morocco faced Spain, and the game was scoreless after 120 minutes. But Morocco blanked Spain, 3-0, in penalty kicks to move on. In the quarterfinals, Morocco faced as huge underdogs. But one goal in the first half was all that was needed for Morocco to become the first African nation to reach the World Cup semifinals. It's magic carpet ride ended Wednesday in a 2-0 loss to France.
Morocco's players celebrate after the penalty shootout at a World Cup round of 16 soccer match against Spain at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Dec. 6, 2022.Bruno Petković tied the match against Brazil in the 117th minute as Croatia won 4-2 in penalties.Youssef En-Nesyri scored Morocco's lone goal against Portugal, and his two goals are the most on the team in the tournament.
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