The Atlas Lions’ Spanish-born superstar wing-back Achraf
Hakimi brought the curtain down at the Education City Stadium, notching the
winner from the spot to make it 3-0 on penalties and sending the tens of
thousands of raucous Moroccan fans in attendance into rapture.
Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Soler and captain Sergio Busquets
missed their penalties for Spain; Sarabia hit the post and Morocco goalkeeper
Yassine Bounou stopped the other two.
It was a goalless deadlock after the 120 minutes of normal
and extra time and penalty kicks were necessary to break the impasse.
Morocco will next face either Portugal or Switzerland in the
quarter-finals on Saturday. The Atlas Lions are the only team from outside
Europe or South America still in the tournament.
The Political Eye
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