Following a poor World Cup performance, Morocco faced "the golden generation of Belgium." Morocco has three wins in World Cup history after defeating Belgium 2:0 in yesterday's group game.
In the 73rd minute, Saiss assisted Abdelhamid Sabiri's free kick, beating Thibaut Courtois at his near post. Aboukhlal scored on Hakim Ziyech's cross in stoppage time of the second half to secure a historic triumph.
The North Africans joined Saudi Arabia and Japan in upsetting opponents that had previously seen consistent success on the international stage by defeating Germany and Argentina, respectively.
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Authorities had to block off a section of Brussels' centre because of crowd issues and unrest that followed the decision.
Belgium is still alive and well, but given that Croatia and Belgium placed third at Russia just four years ago, Belgium may have to upset Croatia in a Group F encounter to move on to the round of 16.
All of the opponents inside the penalty box couldn't stop Ziyech's free kick, which surprised Courtois. The skipper Romain Saiss had drifted offside, blocking Courtois' field of vision, according to a VAR review. The final shot of the first half found the back of the net for Walid Regragui's tenacious squad.