first half goal set Morocco On their way to top spot in World Cup Group F but they were held to a 2-1 victory Canada After conceding an own goal on Thursday at the Al Thumama Stadium that kept them troubled in the second half.
Morocco finished on seven points, two more than the runners-up CroatiaTo progress beyond the group stages for the second time in 36 years after Mexico became the first African country to do so at the World Cup in 1986.
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One goalkeeping howler is allowed prince zeich to score after four minutes, followed by a second in the 23rd minute Youssef An-Nesrirunning on a spectacular long pass from Achraf Hakimi,
but Naif Aguird a toe stuck out to deflect a cross sam adekugbe into his own net five minutes before the break to give an already eliminated Canada a chance to get back in the game and win their first World Cup point. Canada came close to equalizing in the second half but failed to make the breakthrough.
