A goalkeeper was lost, a match was won against Belgium with Hazard’s double (Belgium-Morocco chronicle)

Losing your car keys is a story told too many times to still have value. At the Al Thumama Stadium, Morocco and Belgium decided to innovate. The first to have an unknown whereabouts was the Moroccan goalkeeper, Bono, who was substituted at the last minute without anyone noticing the change. The Belgian team lost something of greater value and difficult to recover, such as the illusion that they used to bring to major competitions.

Belgium even tried to impose the vertical style that characterizes the red devils in a different tactical system than the one he had presented against Canada. Instead of the 3-4-3 that Roberto Martínez used in the previous match, the Belgian team used the 4-2-3-1. The changes in the eleven -Meunier, Onana and Thorgan Hazard entered through the places of Dendoncker, Tielmans and Carrasco- hinted that the strategic side would prevail. Up front the Hazard brothers joined. Nevertheless, there was a lack of creativity and speed in circulation so that Belgium could be more dominant????????

Morocco’s strategy was based on a 4-3-3 parked in a middle block when it came to defensive organization. Giving up putting pressure on the Belgian central defenders who proved incapable of preparing a game in the first phase of construction, the Moroccan team allowed their opponents to get on the ground to, in this way, gain space behind the defense to be able to counterattack???????? He did it several times, especially through the rises of the right back Hakimi.

However, it was Belgium who were the first team to create danger. Michy Batshuayi (6′) faced goalkeeper Munir Mohamedi, but missed a chance to score in two straight games???????? It was not, however, because of the Belgian organized attack or the Moroccan’s vertigo that a goal sketch was born. Ziyech (45+1′) scored a free-kick that had the potential to be a cross, but ended up inside the goal???????? Saiss attacked the ball from outside and the VAR annulled song considering that the defender had interference in the song.

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