Morocco vs Croatia 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Croatia held to goalless draw by Morocco in World Cup

Croatia, runners-up at the last World Cup, were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday in their opening Group F match.

Match Commentary

45'+3': First Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
45': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
45': Second Half begins Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
60': Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
65': Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Sofiane Boufal.
71': Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
78': Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
81': Substitution, Morocco. Abderrazak Hamdallah replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
82': Substitution, Morocco. Abdelhamid Sabiri replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
90': Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Ivan Perisic.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Attendance: 59,407

FIFA World Cup Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+3	Morocco	3	7	0
+3	Croatia	3	5	0
-1	Belgium	3	4	1
-5	Canada	3	0	3

Full Table

Statistics

CRO		MAR
11	Fouls	16
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	0
2	Saves	1
64.8	Possession	35.2
5	SHOTS	8
2	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
551	Accurate Passes	273
642	Passes	348
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	1
18	Crosses	8
0.2	Cross %	0.1
43	Long Balls	40
25	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	6
10	Effective Tackles	10
17	Tackles	21
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	13
10	Effective Clearances	20
10	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

Morocco (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Yassine Bounou (GK)
6	Romain Saïss
5	Nayef Aguerd
3	Noussair Mazraoui
2	Achraf Hakimi
4	Sofyan Amrabat
15	Selim Amallah
8	Azzedine Ounahi
19	Youssef En-Nesyri
17	Sofiane Boufal
7	Hakim Ziyech

Substitutes:

Yahya Jabrane, Munir El Kajoui, Abderrazak Hamdallah, Anass Zaroury, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Jawad El Yamiq, Yahya Attiyat Allah, Reda Tagnaouti, Abde Ezzalzouli, Walid Cheddira, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Badr Benoun, Ilias Chair, Bilal El Khannouss, Achraf Dari.

Croatia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
20	Josko Gvardiol
6	Dejan Lovren
19	Borna Sosa
22	Josip Juranovic
11	Marcelo Brozovic
8	Mateo Kovacic
10	Luka Modric
9	Andrej Kramaric
4	Ivan Perisic
13	Nikola Vlasic

Substitutes:

Marko Livaja, Borna Barisic, Ante Budimir, Ivo Grbic, Bruno Petkovic, Josip Sutalo, Josip Stanisic, Lovro Majer, Mislav Orsic, Domagoj Vida, Martin Erlic, Mario Pasalic, Luka Sucic, Kristijan Jakic, Ivica Ivusic.

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