{"id":140983,"date":"2022-11-27T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/morocco-vs-belgium-big-world-cup-upsets-as-atlas-lions-shock-red-devils-and-costa-rica-defeats-japan\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T15:33:06","slug":"morocco-vs-belgium-big-world-cup-upsets-as-atlas-lions-shock-red-devils-and-costa-rica-defeats-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/morocco-vs-belgium-big-world-cup-upsets-as-atlas-lions-shock-red-devils-and-costa-rica-defeats-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco vs Belgium: Big World Cup upsets as Atlas Lions shock Red Devils and Costa Rica defeats Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n It was a day of big upsets at the World Cup as Belgium and Japan both succumbed to shock defeats against Morocco and Costa Rica respectively.\n <\/p>\n \n Morocco won its first World Cup match since 1998 \u2013 and its third ever \u2013 securing a sensational 2-0 victory over heavyweight Belgium to ensure that it can still qualify for the knockout stage for the second time in its history.\n <\/p>\n \n The Atlas Lions were roared on by raucous support inside the stadium as they overcame a disallowed goal on the stroke of halftime to score two glorious strikes in the second half.\n <\/p>\n \n First, Abdelhamid Sabiri curled in a perfectly-weighted free kick from the left-hand wing, bamboozling Thibaut Courtois, before Zakaria Aboukhlal sealed his side’s famous win.\n <\/p>\n \n More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/strong>\n <\/p>\n \n Earlier in the day, Costa Rica shocked Japan with a 1-0 win, thanks to an 81st minute goal from Keysher Fuller, as it kept its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup knockout stages alive with a crucial three points to pull level with Spain and Japan in Group E.\n <\/p>\n \n Japan, fresh from a surprise victory over Germany that has given them a real chance of reaching the knockout stages, could not find a foothold in this game despite Costa Rica still licking its wounds from a chastening 7-0 defeat against Spain.\n <\/p>\n \n It was a cagey, underwhelming opening first 45 minutes marked by untidy passing from both sides as neither could muster a single shot on target.\n <\/p>\n \n Straight after half-time, however, the pace immediately lifted with the introduction of two new faces for Japan \u2013 Takuma Asano and Hiroki Ito.\n <\/p>\n \n Hidemasa Morita shimmied his way to the penalty box and lined up a shot on goal that was batted away by Keylor Navas.\n <\/p>\n
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