World Cup 2018: The best player from each group - Round 2

Group B

The hero on the right for the Atlas Lions

Group B saw both of its favorites - Spain and Portugal earning identical and hard-fought wins against Iran and Portugal respectively, with 1-0 margins in both the games. Maybe because the earlier 3-3 draws had asked too much of the teams, both Spain and Portugal were not at their usual best and had to squeeze out the results.

The best player from this group belongs to neither of the victors, but to Morocco - the first team to officially get knocked out of this edition of the World Cup. It happens to be Nordin Amrabat, who dominated the entire game for the 86 minutes that followed Ronaldo's opening goal.

Nordin Amrabat causing havoc during #PORMAR He completed 6⃣ dribbles for #MAR in the first 60 minutes, as many as the entire #POR side combined 😳Follow live 📱 https://t.co/1ZMBUGphkr pic.twitter.com/OjlFC1JSb6

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) June 20, 2018

After suffering a concussion in the first game, it was not sure whether Amrabat would be fit enough to play. But the coach and the player decided that he indeed was, and it turned out to be one of the best decisions.

After Cristiano Ronaldo was declared the man of the match, fans took to twitter to declare Amrabat as the "real man of the match". While Ziyech was the more creative player for Morocco, it was Amrabat's work rate that really made it possible.

He completed a total of 6 dribbles in the game, and made life difficult for Guerreiro almost the entire game. If only he had pulled back a goal for the team!