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Morocco passes to quarterfinals after beating Canada (0-3)

Two goals by Ounahi and one by Rahimi gave the Africans the ticket for the next round, in a match that had to be resolved in the second half.
HOUSTON (ESTADOS UNIDOS), 04/07/2026.- Los jugadores marroquíes celebran el 0-2, durante el partido de octavos de final del Mundial 2026 que las selecciones de Marruecos y Canadá disputan este sábado en el Houston Stadium, en Estados Unidos. EFE/Carlos Ramírez
Moroccan players celebrating a goal. Photo: EFE

Two goals by Azzedine Ounahi and a third by Soufiane Rahimi have qualified Morocco for the World Cup quarter-finals this Saturday against Canada (0-3) , where they will face France or Paraguay .

Canada has tried to compete not only with a lot of concentration, but with a lot more aggressiveness than Morocco.

Bono 's credit has been for Canada's failure to score in the first half, with the goalkeeper making a saving intervention in the 10th minute in front of a Tani Oluwaseyi cross and holding a Morocco that has not created any offensive danger.

They went into the locker room with 0-0, and showed four Moroccan players a yellow card.

It took a standing ball play to break the equality. Ounahi topped the area from the front with the right to score Morocco's 1-0 .

It's been a psychological blow to Canada. Jesse Marsh's team has been slow to reorganize. Morocco has locked itself up and waited for the moment to hurt the U-turn. In the 82nd minute, Ounahi sentenced the match with his second goal.

With the classification in his pocket, Soufiane Rahimi took advantage of another assistance from Mr Lukashenko to score 3-0.

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