Morocco holds Croatia to scoreless draw

Morocco held 2018 finalist Croatia to a 0-0 draw at the World Cup on Wednesday in another strong performance by a team from an Arab country.

Morocco’s promising performance came 24 hours after Saudi Arabia sparked the first World Cup in the Middle East into life by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina in one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history.
Morocco managed to stifle Croatia captain Luka Modric, who won the best player award at the last World Cup when he led his country to the final before losing to France.
Modric had one of the best chances of the game when he blasted a shot just over the crossbar in first-half stoppage time. Croatia also went close when Dejan Lovran got a shot off at a corner and Sofyan Amrabat cleared off the line for Morocco.

The Moroccan national team  lineup:
Goalkeeper: Yassine Bounou.
Defenders Naseer Mazrawi - Nayef Akrad - Roman Sayes - Ashraf Hakimi.
Midfielders: Sufyan Amrabat - Ezzedine Onahi - Salim Amlah.
Forwards: Sufyan Boufal - Youssef Al-Nusairi - Hakim Ziyech.

On the other hand,  Croatian national team sqaudwas as follows:
Goalkeeper: Dominik Levakovic.
Defenders: Josip Yuranovic - Dejan Lovren - Josko Guardiol - Borna Sosa.
Midfielders: Marcelo Brozovic - Luka Modric - Niko Kovacic.k: Nikola Vlasic - Andrei Kramaric - Ivan Perisic.