La Roja has never lost in an official game against Morocco and they will face each other for the fourth time at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Spain national team is already in the round of 16 of the World Cup. La Roja finished second in their group in Qatar 2022 and now it’s their turn to take on Morocco, one of the more talking teams in the tournament after finishing first in their group to teams as powerful as Croatia or Belgium.
The history of the Spanish national team vs. Morocco: matches, wins, draws and losses
This will be the second meeting of the World Cup between Morocco and Spain. In the first, in the group stage of 2018, Morocco only managed to lead twice they finished with a 2–2 draw with a goal from Iago Aspas in the last minute.
Apart from this official precedent, Spain has never lost in the three previous encounters with Morocco with 2 wins and the aforementioned draw. The two wins came in the 1962 World Cup qualifiers in November 1961 by winning 0-1 away and 3-2 at home.
The appointment is historic for Morocco, which qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup for the second time, also reached the round of 16 in 1986 and lost 1-0 to Germany that year.
For its part, Spain will meet an African team in a World Cup qualifier for the first time, having faced African teams five times before in the group stage with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The only one she defeated was Nigeria in 1998, a 3-2 win in which current coach Luis Enrique MartÃnez played as a starter.
Source: Goal
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