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Spain and Germany drew 1-1 in the concluded Qatar World Cup Group 2 qualifiers.
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The surprises keep happening in this tournament, but this time, favorites Belgium lost to Morocco 0-2.
Last year’s runners-up, Croatia, reported their first victory with a victory over Canada.
This is Reporter Parker Jae-woong.
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Fifa ranked Belgium second, considered strong contenders, battling Morocco in 22nd place.
The shot was not sharp and the cross was less accurate.
Instead, Morocco appeared to have scored the opening goal just before the end of the first half, but the result of a VAR reading was declared offside.
The balance of the tight game was broken in the 28th minute of the second half.
Morocco’s Sabiri breaks the Belgium goal with a quick, low free kick.
Belgium offered Lukaku, who is recovering from injury, to fight in an all-out battle, but Abouklal scored a key goal on the counter-attack in extra time in the second half and lost 0-2.
Belgium, who had won 7 group games in a row since the 2014 tournament, were surprised and dropped to third place in the group.
Russia’s World Cup runners-up Croatia beat Canada to claim their first win of the tournament.
Alfonso Davies scored the first goal in World Cup history for Canada with a powerful header 1:07 into the game, but Croatia turned the game around with goals from Kramaric and Libaya, and in the second half, Kramaric and Mayer added goals to defeat Canada. We beat them 4-1 and moved to the top of the group.
Canada, who have reached the World Cup finals for the first time in 36 years, have been eliminated from the group stage for the second time after Qatar.
This is Park Jae-woong from MBC News.
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