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.

Morocco Players celebrate their win

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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Abdelhamid Sabiri celebrates scoring a free kick for Morocco

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.


Hakim Ziyech poses with his MOTM trophy.
Belgium looked sluggish throughout and offered little threat from their best sharpshooters as Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, and brother Thorgan were all blocked by Morocco's steely tenacity. The head coach, Roberto Martinez, claimed that "we lost our composure."

Hakim Ziyech got the Man of the Match accolade award after putting on an outstanding performance to lead his nation to a historic triumph. Ziyech left Morocco's squad in February after discovering he was off their AFCON list.
Belgium looked sluggish throughout and offered little threat from their best sharpshooters as Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, and brother Thorgan were all blocked by Morocco's steely tenacity.
The head coach, Roberto Martinez, claimed that "we lost our composure."
Hakim Ziyech got his Man of the Match award after putting on an outstanding performance to lead his nation to a historic triumph. Ziyech left Morocco's service in February after discovering he was off their AFCON list.