Summary

  • Sarabia, Soler and Busquets all miss penalties for Spain

  • Bono the hero for Morocco with two saves in the shootout

  • Hakimi sealed victory with chipped Panenka penalty

  • Game of few clear chances ended goalless after 120 minutes

  • Morocco will face Portugal or Switzerland in quarter-finals on Saturday

  1. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Spain's first proper chance of the game as Marco Asensio runs onto a ball into the left side of the box. He lets it bounce a couple of times and then hammers a shot into the side-netting.

  2. 'The referee is being swayed by the crowd'published at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    If the referee is hanging in any certain direction, he is helping the Moroccans a bit more than the Spanish.

    He is being swayed slightly by the crowd at the moment.

  3. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Mayhem in the Morocco box but the flag goes up after so it wouldn't have counted.

    Ferran Torres is well offside when he pulls the ball back to Dani Olmo, whose shot is brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Bono.

    Bono will probably be disappointed to learn that won't go down as a save.

  4. Postpublished at 25 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Sofiane Boufal, who Premier League fans might remember from not doing much at Southampton for a few years, is hurt but recovers. Some players have a drink during the break in play.

  5. Morocco fans in harmonypublished at 15:23 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Chris Bevan
    BBC Sport at Education City, Qatar

    Morocco 0-0 SpainImage source, Getty Images

    The Moroccan drummers are behind Yassine Bounou's goal, so at the other end of the pitch to their official 'end' - although all four stands here are theirs, really.

    They sometimes sing and drum independently of each other, but when they are on the same song-sheet, so to speak, they respond to each other to great effect.

    At the moment everyone is bellowing out 'Ole, Ole, Ole' in a far more joined-up effort than either of the teams have managed on the pitch so far.

  6. Postpublished at 23 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Halfway through the first half and I just found myself thinking about penalties.

  7. 'A real belief about Morocco'published at 15:21 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I think Morocco will be delighted. It looked for 10 minutes that they would hardly get a kick of the ball.

    There’s a real belief about them.

    Hakim ZiyechImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Morocco have a free-kick on the right wing but Hakim Ziyech's cross hits the first man and is cleared.

    Achraf Hakimi's earlier free-kick is the only shot of the game for either team.

  9. Postpublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Morocco's tactics are already clear: let Spain have the ball but hustle quickly and try to catch them on the break.

    Spain have made 155 passes in the opening 15 minutes - compared to 57 by their opponents - and have enjoyed 81% possession in the past five minutes.

    But, as the graphic below shows, most of their play has been in the middle of the pitch.

    Morocco v SpainImage source, BBC Sport
  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

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    Ray: There is going to be an upset tonight. I can feel it in my bones. I'm Liverpool born and bred but will be supporting my Moroccan heritage and trusting they can pull off an upset.

    Dominic: Sat in a tapas bar, escaping work, in Marrakech, cheering on the Atlas Lions. This should be a cracker.

    Anon: Round of 16. So far the team named first in alphabetical order has gone through. Hope that is an omen for Morocco to beat Spain.

  11. 'My heart is in my mouth'published at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I’m absolutely amazed the Morocco keeper Bono wants to play it out.

    He’s got away with it so far. My heart is in my mouth for him every time he does it.

    I’d be surprised if Spain don’t catch him at some point but he looks really calm.

    Morocco 0-0 SpainImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Aymeric Laporte plays a long ball which Bono catches, and then Ferran Torres' cross is cleared. Spain yet to have a shot.

  13. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    At all stages I'm not writing an update on this game, you can just assume Spain are passing the ball round in a harmless position.

  14. Postpublished at 15 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Morocco's Noussair Mazraoui gets down the left and lofts in a high cross which Unai Simon catches under pressure.

  15. 'Morocco will have noticed free-kick opportunity'published at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Pat Nevin
    Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Good power Achraf Hakimi’s free-kick. But with four in the wall, it had to be absolutely perfect.

    Notice, there was no player at the bottom of the wall. I think Morocco will have noticed it.

    The whole wall jumped and there was a gap underneath, so if they get another free kick…

    HakimiImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Spain have scored in their last 24 matches, since a 0-0 friendly draw against Portugal on 4 June 2021.

  17. Morocco don't care about possessionpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2022

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Chris Bevan
    BBC Sport at Education City, Qatar

    Just the 82% of possession for Spain so far.

    Morocco won't care though, they only had 30% of the ball against Belgium too... and we know how that turned out.

    Walid Regragui's side are all about fast counter-attacks, as Roberto Martinez's (former) team can tell you.

  18. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Bono almost gets caught out by a backpass. His first touch is heavy but Ferran Torres just fails to block him and Romain Saiss helps him out.

  19. Postpublished at 12 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Actually it was Achraf Hakimi who took it in the end. He curls it but it flies over the bar.

  20. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Morocco 0-0 Spain

    Hakim Ziyech to take.