Achraf Hakimi, a Spanish-born player, scored the winning penalty for Morocco in a Tuesday penalty shootout to eliminate Spain from the World Cup after Spain missed all three of its attempts to tie the game after 120 minutes of play.
Hakimi, a former Real Madrid youth player, calmly buried his penalty past Spain’s Unai Simon to give Morocco a 3-0 victory in the penalty shootout.
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Spain had the most of the ball for the whole game plus the overtime, but their clear chances against Morocco’s tenacious defense were few and far between.
Morocco won and will now play either Portugal or Switzerland in the quarterfinals later on Tuesday.
