Morocco v Spain, 06 December 2022

Kick-off: 6.00pm local (3.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Morocco 22, Spain 7 . Morocco won 3-0 on penalties . After extra time . Morocco became the fourth African nation to reach the Quarter-finals of the World Cup after Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010. . Morocco became the second African nation to remain unbeaten in five consecutive games at World Cup tournaments after Cameroon from 1982 to 1990. . This was Morocco’s second game in the knockout stages of the World Cup; previously a Round of 16 1-0 defeat to West Germany in Monterrey in 1986. . Morocco had become the first African nation to take seven points from their group games at the World Cup. . Hakim Ziyech and Achraf Hakimi became the first players to make seven appearances at World Cup tournaments for Morocco. . Spain became the second nation to fail to score in a penalty shoot-out at the World Cup after Switzerland against Ukraine in Cologne in 2006 (also 3-0 after a goalless draw). . Spain failed in their attempt to progress from the Round of 16 for the first time since 2010 when they went on to win the tournament in South Africa. . Spain had now failed to score in two of their last 17 games at the World Cup finals. . Spain became the first nation to lose on penalties in four games at the World Cup. . Spain won three and lost one of their five group games against African nations at the World Cup. This game was the first time they had met a team from the CAF confederation in the knockout stages. . Captain Sergio Busquets became the third player to make 17 appearances at the World Cup finals for Spain after Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos. . Aged 18 years and 123 days, Gavi became the youngest player to start a game in the knockout stages of the World Cup since Pelé in the Final in 1958 (17 years and 249 days). . Alvaro Morata failed in his attempt to become the second player to score in four consecutive games at the World Cup finals for Spain after David Villa in 2010. . Current manager Luis Enrique played in Spain’s only previous defeat to an African nation at the World Cup; a 3-2 loss to Nigeria in Nantes in 1998. . This was the second meeting at the World Cup finals following a 2-2 group game draw in Kaliningrad in 2018 when Morocco led twice. .