After a goal-less 90 minutes and extra time, Spanish players missed all three of their penalty kicks. No team from outside Europe or South America has ever made it this far in the tournament.
Morocco's Achraf Hakimi scores the decisive penalty Tuesday past Spain's goalkeeper Unai Simon at the end a round of 16 World Cup soccer match at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar.held in an Arab nationMorocco became only the fourth African country to reach the quarterfinals at the biggest soccer tournament in the world by beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw through extra time.
Morocco has been the biggest surprise of the tournament and will next face either Portugal or Switzerland. "It's my responsibility," said Spain coach Luis Enrique, who before the match said he had asked his players to practice 1,000 penalty kicks while with their clubs."I picked the first three penalty-takers, and then they could decide themselves. But the first three were my decision, and I would've done the same thing again. The only thing I wished I could do was to take Bounou out and put another goalkeeper in there.
Moroccan fans significantly outnumbered — and were louder — than the Spaniards at Education City Stadium.
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