Morocco success hands Arab world its first World Cup quarter-finalist

AL RAYYAN, Qatar : Morocco rode a wave of passionate support and kept the World Cup dreams of the Arab world alive as they eliminated fancied Spain in a penalty shootout on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals.

Morocco, who edged Spain 3-0 in the shootout after a 0-0 draw at the end of two hours of energy-sapping action, now have a chance to become both the Arab world and Africa's first-ever semi-finalists if they continue to use the overwhelming support that has backed them through an impressive array of results.

They were again the vast majority in the capacity 44,667 crowd at the Education City Stadium, completely drowning out the Spain fans. Spain had a dominant 63 per cent of the possession in the game and, even given the 30 minutes of extra time, made an extraordinary 1,068 passes, 988 of them successfully completed.

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