Spain faces Morocco this Tuesday in the round of 16 duel of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Luis Enrique’s students want to recover from the blow of the defeat against Japan and seal their ticket to the quarter-finals. The national team will face one of the revelation teams of this championship, which qualified first of a group including Belgium and Croatia without losing any match.
Spain vs Morocco, live today
15:43 What time can the game end?
The Spain-Morocco match starts in less than 20 minutes, at 4:00 p.m., and will end around 6:00 p.m. However, everything will depend on whether the match ends in the regulation 90 minutes or is decided in extra time and penalties.
15:38 War for a resale ticket
The resale of Spain-Morocco has exploded. Education City Stadium will be packed for this big game, but many people are running out of tickets. On resale, they ask for at least 1,000 euros for a ticket.
15:26 Spain whistle in warm-up
The thousands of Moroccan fans who traveled to Doha have already made themselves felt during the warm-up. Spain took a huge whistle as they jumped up to warm up.
⚽️ MONUMENTAL whistle at @SEFootball on his way to the field
😬 Yes, today it looks like we are playing as visitors…
🔴 Morocco-Spain, LIVE on @La1_tve, @rtveplay Yes https://t.co/wdIYV0gZMx pic.twitter.com/CZYyoDlDXF
– Teledeporte (@teledeporte) December 6, 2022
15:16 The referee of Spain against Morocco
Fernando Rapallini, Argentinian referee, will be in charge of directing the round of 16 between Spain and Morocco. He is a rookie in the World Cup, since he made his debut in this one.
15:02 Previous Spain vs Morocco
Spain and Morocco have already faced each other in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup. This clash ended in a 2-2 draw thanks to a goal from Aspas in a throw-in. Throughout their history, they have met three times with a record of two wins and one draw for La Roja.
14:53 Morocco play at home against Spain
Around 25,000 Moroccan fans are expected at the Education City stadium to cheer on the Atlas Lions, in a stadium with a capacity of 45,000 spectators.
2:45 p.m. Morocco line-up: Ziyech and Achraf
It’s him eleven of Morocco: Prime; Achraf, Saiss, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, Boufal and En-Nesyri.
2:35 p.m. There are already eleven from Spain: Llorente plays
Luis Enrique surprised with the line-up and opted for Marcos Llorente to start on the right side and Asensio, Ferran and Olmo up front. Morata will wait on the bench.
Unai Simon; Llorente, Rodrigo, Laporte, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Gavi, Pedri; Asensio, Olmo and Ferran.
🚨 OFFICIAL | TO DEATH WITH 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘!!
👥 This is the official lineup of @LUISENRIQUE21 fight for the pass to the quarter-finals of the World Championship.
FANS!!#VamosEspaña | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/9zHspoXIB0
— Spain national football team (@SEFutbol) December 6, 2022
2:30 p.m. Spain is played for the quarter-finals
Good evening! Welcome to the live broadcast of the meeting between Spain Yes Morocco, eighth finals Qatar 2022 World Cup. Both teams will look to confirm their presence in the quarter-finals where they will face the winner of Portugal-Switzerland. The national team arrives at this match touched after the defeat against Japan, but with the desire to get up and make up for this setback.
Spain comes to this match as runners-up in Group E following the loss to the Japanese team, while Morocco he qualified first in Group F where Croatia and Belgium were and did so with two wins and one draw. The African team has not yet experienced defeat in this World Cup.
Luis Enrique has all players available for this game. The coach has dutifully prepared for the clash and will be banking on a very similar XI to the one he faced and beat Costa Rica on matchday one of the group stage, looking to return to the FIFA Cup quarter-finals. world, which has not happened since. he won the championship in 2010.