Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou take a bow.
For 120 pressure-packed minutes he stood agency in entrance of a relentless Spain assault. And then when the match went to penalties, Bounou nonetheless refused to concede even as soon as.
That’s proper, Spain missed all three penalties in a disastrous shootout as Morocco progressed to the World Cup quarterfinals.
They’ll face the winner of a 6am (AEDT) conflict between Portugal and Switzerland.
4.40am — Spain crumbles in penalty shootout
After 120 minutes Spain and Morocco couldn’t be break up and it went to penalties.
Morocco shot first. The staff going second had gained the previous seven World Cup shootouts.
Here’s out the shoot-out performed out:
Morocco (Sabiri) — Scored 1-0
Spain (Sarabia) — Hits the put up and misses 1-0
Morocco (Ziyech) — Scored 2-0
Spain (Soler) — Saved. Disaster for Spain 2-0
Morocco (Benoun) — Saved. Life for Spain 2-0
Spain (Busquets) — Saved. What is occurring? 2-0
Morocco (Hakimi) — Scored. Morocco wins 3-0
3.55am AEDT – Shocking miss takes Spain Morocco recreation into additional time
In harm time Spain’s Alvaro Morata missed a free kick sending the ball extensive.
That was Spain’s final likelihood to go one up within the match. The rating is nil-nil and the sport heads into additional time.
At this stage penalties are very a lot on the playing cards.
Spain could have extra three quarters of the possession within the prime 16 conflict towards Morocco however the Africans are nonetheless pushing their adversaries from the opposite aspect of the Mediterranean exhausting. Morocco are ready for alternatives and grabbing them as finest they’ll.
Spain bought a nook proper on half time however Mario Asensio rolled it quick.
Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi had a free kick however couldn’t convert it 20 minutes in.
“Halfway through the first half and I just found myself thinking about penalties,” mentioned BBC commentator Chris Bevan.
Nothing a lot has modified since then.
Walid Regragui’s aspect have already equalled their finest ever World Cup end result, qualifying for the knockouts for less than the second time of their historical past, with the primary coming in 1986.
3am — Calls for Ronaldo to be axed
Portugal coach Fernando Santos mentioned he was unimpressed with Ronaldo’s behaviour after the ahead reacted angrily when substituted throughout the staff’s ultimate group recreation on the World Cup in Qatar.
Ronaldo initially mentioned he was “insulted” by a South Korean participant as he was substituted within the second half of his aspect’s 2-1 defeat to the Asian aspect on Friday.
But Portuguese media have proven photographs that counsel he used vulgar language in response to Santos’s choice.
Asked how he had reacted to these photographs, Santos instructed a news convention: “I didn’t like it at all. I didn’t like it at all.”
But he mentioned a line had been drawn below the incident.
“Then these matters are resolved, resolved in-house,” he mentioned.
“They are over. It is the end of the story regarding this issue and now we’re thinking about the game tomorrow and everyone is fully focused on the match preparations.”
Ronaldo’s beginning function within the staff stays a scorching subject amongst Portugal followers, with a ballot in native newspaper A Bola discovering 70 per cent of Portuguese don’t need him within the beginning XI.
But Santos mentioned he was not listening to the controversy or on-line polls on the problem.
“I do not read this type of material,” he mentioned.
“It is not a lack of respect, it is simply that we have three days to train for a game and I am not looking at other kinds of news. We focus on the upcoming match.”
Santos mentioned he anticipated a detailed contest towards Switzerland.
Portugal beat the Swiss 4-0 within the UEFA Nations League in June earlier than dropping 1-0 within the reverse fixture.
If Spain and Portugal win as predicted, the final eight groups within the event will all be European and South American nations.
Victories to Spain and Portugal would arrange a mouth-watering match-up between the neighbouring international locations within the quarterfinals.
Croatia vs Brazil, Netherlands vs Argentina and England vs France are the three quarterfinals already confirmed.
