The Moroccan victory over Portugal was full of history, as the team is the first of African descent to reach a World Cup semi-final, but the Moroccan campaign is also historic in statistical terms, as the defense of the he team has only been “pierced” once – and by a player from the Moroccan team itself.

With a goal from En-Nesyri, Morocco eliminates Portugal and reaches the semi-finals of the World Cup

In the match against Canada, still in the group stage, defender Nayef Aguerd scored an own goal🇧🇷 Despite everything, the Moroccan team beat the Canadians. In the first round of the group stage, against Croatia, the match ended 0-0. Then the Moroccans had Canada, Belgium, when they won 2-0, a 0-0 draw. 0 against Spain – who didn’t score even in the penalty shootout, and the 1-0 win over Portugal.

“It’s not magic. We know we won’t have a lot of possession and we have to adapt,” explained coach Walid Regragui.

OFFENSIVE

With an attack consisting of Ziyech of Chelsea and En-Nesyri of Sevilla, Morocco pose a danger to opponents and have one of the best attacks at the World Cup in Qatar. In total, until the quarter-finals against Portugal, the Moroccans scored five goals🇧🇷 Find out who scored the World Cup goals:

France leads the rankings for the best attack in the competition, with 11 goals, taking into account the teams still competing in the World Cup. Next come Argentina, with nine, and Croatia, with six.

POSSESSION OF THE BALL

Another surprising fact regarding Morocco’s performance at the World Cup is that, according to Opta Sports, a sports data company, Morocco reached the semi-finals with only 26.7% ball possession🇧🇷 In all matches, Moroccans had less ball possession than their opponents. In the round of 16, against Spain, the percentage was even lower: 23.2% ownership. The match in which the increase was significant compared to the data quoted above was against Canada: 41.2%🇧🇷

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The average ball possession of the Moroccan team is 31.2%🇧🇷 Still according to Opta Sports, the figure is the second worst of the entire edition of the World Cup, ahead of Costa Rica, which had 30.1% in the group stage.