Round trips are permanences. Permanence is stagnation and growth has an intimate relationship with wandering through places where one can learn. Canada would not stay in Qatar because of anything that could happen at the Al Thumama Stadium. It is a growing team that had a space in this World Cup to show that it is on the right path towards evolution. For the Canadians, the ticket back home was bought, but although there were few points of interest in this game, the Canucks continued to chase their first World Cup victory. The consolation that the fulfillment of this objective could bring was not received with empathy by a Moroccan team faithful to higher commitments, such as reaching the round of 16 and, perhaps, reaching the first place in the group. Soon Morocco withdrew from Canada what little it had left as motivation.
A trend in the game had not yet been established and Milan Borjan was already making mistakes. Steven Vitória was late for the Canadian goalkeeper and he, trying to play with his feet, saw… Hakim Ziech (4′) who finished off an empty goal and scored the goal for Morocco. The answer was immediate. Cyle Larin (15′) started hard on the right, made a good cross, but Buchanan fell inches short of the ball and didn’t even come with a cart. Offensive exposure was useless if, behind, Canada remained vulnerable. in-Nesyri (23′) took advantage of the long stride to attack deep and finished off with uncontrollable power for another goal. If the Canucks couldn’t score, they had to find someone to do it for them. Canadian Adekugbe crossed from the left, Aguerd He tried to cut, but ended up sending the ball to the goal (40′). Morocco conceded the first goal in the World Cup. It was not going to be a happy decision for Aguerd. Shortly after, the West Ham defender was caught in an irregular position, which caused En-Nesyri’s brace to be canceled (45+3′).
England Canada coach John Herdman was making substitutions, but the team was showing the same problems as in previous games. Despite being a team with an organized tactical behavior, it reveals some Difficulties to create spaces in prolonged attack. Knowing this, the Moroccan team, led by Hoalid Regragui, lowered the cue and lived at ease with the Canadian positional game. Only from set pieces Canada managed to threaten the tie. Hutchinson (72′) headed the crossbar and needed technology on the goal line so that the ball did not enter the rebound.
What 2-1 On the scoreboard and in the destination team, the Canadian goalkeeper wanted to correct the mistake he made in the first half and went up to the rival area. The only thing he managed was to almost suffer again. Every second that passed confirmed that the history of the match was the history that had already been written: Morocco advances and Canada finds itself on the road with no souvenirs to take home.
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Source: Observadora
