Morocco vs Croatia LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar: Entertaining game ends goalless

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FT: 🇲🇦MAR 0-0 CRO🇭🇷

Players can be proud of that display. Not the prettiest, but they fought for every single ball and barely let Croatia to a chance from open play. Bit of luck and we could’ve won it. Not too bad against the #FIFAWorldCup finalists.

Dima Maghrib. #TeamMorocco pic.twitter.com/i8bdolejSU
— Maghrib Foot (@MaghribFoot) November 23, 2022

Luka Modric’s game by numbers vs. Morocco:

107 touches
90% pass accuracy
77 passes completed
4 crosses completed
3 long balls completed
3 ground duels won
3 inerceptions
1 aerial duel won

Couldn’t quite find a way past the Morocco defence. 🫥 pic.twitter.com/dDLelfLMdW
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) November 23, 2022

A couple of tweets before we end this.

FULL-TIME! Morocco 0 Croatia 0. Both sides pressed hard but the lack of quality in front of goal was a major reason for it being goalless at full-time. A fair result in the end.

6 minutes of added time.

A double change for Morocco - Abdelhamid Sabiri, comes on for Azzedine Ounahi. Striker Youssef En-Nesyri also makes way for Abderrazak Hamdallah.

Abdessamad Ezzalzouli with a lung-busting run but he tries do too much and is crowded out on the edge of the area.

What a ball from Modric from a free-kick and needs a desperate clearance from Youssef En-Nesyri to hook it away with Mario Pasalic almost certain to score.

Morocco get a free-kick from 40 yards out and Hakimi blasts it straight at the goalkeeper who punches it away. Fairly straightforward save that but Hakimi packed a punch behind that one.

Brilliant run from Hakimi and he crosses from the right after that, but no team-mate can get a boot on that, was a gilt-edged chance and any sort of touch would've been a goal for sure.

Noussair Mazraoui who took a blow earlier is off and is being carried off on a stretcher. Not the sight you want to see on a football field. Yahia Attiyat Allah comes on in his place.

During half-time Mario Pasalic of Atalanta came on for Nikola Vlasic for the Croatian side. One target-man for another.

Croatia meanwhile break at the other end and from a corner, the ball is pinballing around and Morocco clear the danger. But there are players down and we have a stoppage in play as medical staff are down to have a look.

Noussair Mazraoui heads at Dominik Livakovic and then goes out of the byline, stays down and he looks injured. But he slowly gets up.

Second half begins.

HALF-TIME! Morocco 0 Croatia 0. An entertaining half as Morocco impressed with their forward line with Ziyech, Hakimi and Youssef En-Nesyri looking dangerous. For Croatia though it was Modric who was pulling the strings and at the end of the half they tested Morocco's keeper. A good game so far.

Another chance as Luka Modric from just outside the box blasts over as he went for power rather placement.

Yassine Bounou comes out to punch clear and then makes a sharp stop to deny a sure goal as Croatia attacked down the left and the cross came in to the man in the box who flicked at him. Sharp reflexes.

Nikola Vlasic is down and we have the first stoppage of the game. It has been such a fun watch as both teams go for it.

Josip Juranovic delivers a fine cross but is cut out by a sliding Moroccan defender.

Croatia have dominated possession with 61% but it is Morocco who look dangerous with Ziyech and Hakimi and their target man Youssef En-Nesyri.

Hakim Ziyech almost delivers a pinpoint ball to Youssef En-Nesyri who fails to get his head on the teasing cross at the far-post.

Ivan Perisic lets fly from around 40 yards but it just flies over. Both sides now going for it.

10 minutes gone and neither goalkeeper has been called into action so far.

STAT courtesy of the BBC: This is the first encounter between Morocco and Croatia at a World Cup. Their only previous meeting was in the Hassan II Trophy in December 1996, played in Casablanca.

KICK-OFF!

The anthems are done and we are all set for Morocco v Croatia.

Croatia Subs: Grbic, Ivusic, Stanisic, Barisic, Erlic, Majer, Livaja, Pasalic, Petkovic, Budimir, Orsic, Vida, Sutalo, Sucic, Jakic.

Morocco Subs: Hamdallah, Zaroury, Sabiri, El Kajoui, Chair, Jabrane, Aboukhlal, Ezzalzouli, El Yamiq, Dari, Cheddira, Tagnaouti, El Khannouss, Benoun, Attiat Allah.

Croatia go in with their tried and tested 4-3-3 formation while Morocco will be looking to get the best out of Ziyech in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Luka Modric, Kovacic and Brozovic will look to control the midfield for Croatia. While the trio of Boufal, El-Neysiri and Ziyech will be the key men in Morocco's attack

Croatia XI: Livakovic, Perisic, Lovren, Kovacic, Kramaric, Modric, Brozovic, Vlasic, Sosa, Gvardiol, Juranovic

Morocco XI: Bounou, Hakimi, Mazraoui, Amrabat, Aguerd, Saiss, Ziyech, Ounahi, Amallah, Boufal, En-Nesyri

The action is heating up as the line-ups are announced! Both teams have some familiar names in their line up. Croatia, however, will be quietly confident of the quality they possess in their side

Luka Modric and Co will be looking to repeat their 2018 heroics while Hakim Ziyech's return to the national team has certainly given Morocco a boost. Looking forward to a thrilling and high-scoring encounter

Moroco vs Croatia - African powerhouses vs the FIFA World Cup 2018 finalists! We certainly have an interesting match lined up to kick off Wednesday's FIFA World Cup action