Morocco are through to the last-16 of the World Cup for the second time in their history after an early pair of goals from Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri brushed aside any suspense of their progress, sealing a nightmarish exit to a tournament for Canada that began with so much promise eight nights ago.
The mighty Atlas Lions entered Thursday night’s group-stage finale on a tailwind of confidence after they followed a cagey goalless draw with Croatia with a comprehensive 2-0 win over a Belgian side ranked 20 spots ahead of them in Fifa’s world rankings, needing only a win or a draw to book a place in the knockout stage for the first time in nearly four decades. Owing to Croatia’s scoreless draw with Belgium across town, they leave it unlikely winners of a group above a pair of European giants fresh off runs to the last four in 2018.
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