Spain are playing in their first match, either face-to-face or cross-country, this afternoon. The Spanish team will face Morocco in the last 16 round of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which will start at 16:00. The win would earn them a ticket to the quarterfinals of the tournament. They were to face Portugal-Switzerland, the winner of the last round with the last 16 draws. It will start at 20:00.
If we look at the newspaper library, we will see that this afternoon will be the fourth direct encounter between the two teams. The last one is quite recent, exactly from the last World Cup held in Russia in 2018. On the third day of the group stage, Spain and Morocco drew 2-2.. The Africans took the lead with a goal from Khalid Boutaïb, but ‘Red’ tied after five minutes, Isco’s job. Again. The ‘Atlas lions’ took the lead with a late goal from En-Nesyri, but Iago Aspas saved a point on the bell that enabled them to qualify as first in the group.
The other two precedents date from 1961. in the matches Play-off for the 1962 World Cup in Chile. The draw was a double game and both times the Spanish team won. They won the first match 0-1 with the only goal of Luis del Sol.. In the second match, the c played at the Santiago BernabéuHe consolidated his place in the World Cup with a 3-2 win. On the Spanish side, Marcelino, Di Stefano and Enrique Collar saw the door; Sellam Riahi and Larbi Ben Belaid were the scorers for Morocco.
Like this, balance positive for the Spanish team with two wins and one draw; as well as scoring six goals and conceding four goals. A new match to be added to the logbook this afternoon.