WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 10AM
MOROCCO (0) 0
CROATIA (0) 0
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Att: 59,407 Ref: Rapallini
MOROCCO Bounou; Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui (Attiat Allah 60); Ounahi (Sabiri 82), Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri (Hamdallah 82), Boufal (Ezzalzouli 65).
Amrabat
CROATIA Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Gvardiol, Sosa; Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic (Majer 79); Vlasic (Pasalic 46), Kramaric (Livaja 71), Perisic (Orsic 90).
ENGAGING BUT GOALLESS AFFAIR
In their first-ever competitive meeting, 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia and the Atlas Lions of Morocco proved that goalless draws need not be dull, even if the outcome was never in doubt. Both sides lacked a cutting edge in the final third and excelled in obdurate and physical defending. Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou kept out Nikola Vlasic’s closerange attempt from Borna Sosa’s cross in the first half, while his Croatian counterpart Dominik Livakovic
