Spain showed us a perfect tiki-taka technique in their first match against Costa Rica. Spain won the match 7-0. And many of us thought that Spain was one of the most worthy candidates to become this year's World Cup champions. But proving us wrong, Spain could not win the remaining two matches of the group stage.
Still, everyone expected Spain to win against Morocco. Morocco was not a very strong team. However, Morocco's defense was very strong. And Morocco's defense is the only Spain team to be defeated. Spain coach Luis Enrique should have been more aware of Morocco's defense. I wouldn't say that Spain's performance was bad in today's match. Spain's players tried hard, but they couldn't score.
With each passing match I understand less about what is happening in this world cup.
Who would have thought that Morocco would be knocking Spain out of the World Cup?
Obviously, a decision made on penalties does not guarantee that Morocco is better than Spain, but Morocco's "wall" was crucial to achieve this result.
Spain even tried to impose its traditional style of play from the start, but suffered too much and couldn't pass through Morocco's marking, which played its role in an exemplary way.... Spain played bravely and tried to attack, but it shouldn't have. having imposed more speed in the sprints and also in passing the ball.
Anyway... I'm sure that from the beginning Morocco sought a draw in normal time, as they knew that their only opportunity to beat Spain would be on penalties, and I say that with confidence because despite defending themselves very well in the defense field , Morocco went a long way from generating efficient counterattacks, that is... they took the game controlled the way they wanted.
Unfortunately, the result was Spain eliminated.
Even though Morocco won this match, I don't think Morocco's team was stronger than Spain. Spain was very unlucky. And because of bad luck, Spain lost this match. However, Spain had several mistakes in the match.
Spain's performance throughout the match was excellent. They tried hard to score. But they were not able to score. The main reason for this is that Spain lacks experienced players in attack. They missed a lot of easy chances due to a lack of experienced players. Moreover, the performance of Morocco's defenders was very good.
Morocco's aim in this match was to draw the match by any means. And they succeeded. Each of Spain's attacks was successfully countered by the Moroccan players. And I think the Moroccan players practiced the penalty shootout very well. Because of this they didn't miss a single one.
