MUNDIAL·26

Round of 16 · Saturday, July 4 · Houston Stadium, Houston · 68,777 in the stands

kickoff 12:00 local · 34°C · 59% humidity · roofed stadium

Canada

0:3

Morocco

50′ Azzedine OUNAHI (pen)

82′ Azzedine OUNAHI (pen)

90+8′ Soufiane RAHIMI (pen)

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Canada4-4-2
Morocco4-2-3-1
Maxime CREPEAU5.4Alistair JOHNSTON5.8Luc DE FOUGEROLLES6.1Moise BOMBITO5.1Richie LARYEA5.6Niko SIGUR6.2Stephen EUSTAQUIO6.7Jonathan DAVID6.0Tani OLUWASEYI6.1Tajon BUCHANAN5.7Ali AHMED6.5Yassine BOUNOU8.2Achraf HAKIMI7.3Noussair MAZRAOUI7.6Issa DIOP7.7Redouane HALHAL6.8Ayyoub BOUADDI6.9Azzedine OUNAHI8.9Ismael SAIBARI6.4Bilal EL KHANNOUSS6.5Neil EL AYNAOUI7.0Brahim DIAZ8.0
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′CANMAR

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 50′Ounahi0.07 xG
  • 82′Ounahi0.17 xG
  • 90+8′Rahimi0.45 xG
  • 90+8′Rahimi0.45 xG
CAN 0:0 MAR0'kickoff
5' David — xG 0.02 · Saved10' Oluwaseyi — xG 0.25 · Saved11' Oluwaseyi — xG 0.07 · Missed18' Johnston — xG 0.05 · Blocked29' Rahimi — xG 0.02 · Saved49' De Fougerolles — xG 0.11 · Missed50' Ounahi — xG 0.07 · Goal78' David — xG 0.24 · Missed79' Buchanan — xG 0.03 · Saved82' Ounahi — xG 0.17 · Goal84' David — xG 0.02 · Blocked85' Rahimi — xG 0.11 · Post90' Osorio — xG 0.02 · Blocked90 + 7' Nelson — xG 0.03 · Missed90 + 8' Rahimi — xG 0.45 · Goal90 + 8' Rahimi — xG 0.45 · Goal

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The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

CAN 0:0 MAR
0.51.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′50' Ounahi — GOAL82' Ounahi — GOAL90 + 8' Rahimi — GOAL90 + 8' Rahimi — GOAL0.841.27

On paper vs as played — formation sheet vs heatmap reality

CAN 4-4-2 attack →, ← MAR 4-2-3-1 attack. The teamsheet, as announced.

16Maxime CREPEAUMaxime CREPEAU2Alistair JOHNSTONAlistair JOHNSTON4Luc DE FOUGEROLLESLuc DE FOUGEROLLES15Moise BOMBITOMoise BOMBITO22Richie LARYEARichie LARYEA23Niko SIGURNiko SIGUR7Stephen EUSTAQUIOStephen EUSTAQUIO10Jonathan DAVIDJonathan DAVID12Tani OLUWASEYITani OLUWASEYI17Tajon BUCHANANTajon BUCHANAN20Ali AHMEDAli AHMED1Yassine BOUNOUYassine BOUNOU2Achraf HAKIMIAchraf HAKIMI3Noussair MAZRAOUINoussair MAZRAOUI14Issa DIOPIssa DIOP25Redouane HALHALRedouane HALHAL6Ayyoub BOUADDIAyyoub BOUADDI8Azzedine OUNAHIAzzedine OUNAHI11Ismael SAIBARIIsmael SAIBARI23Bilal EL KHANNOUSSBilal EL KHANNOUSS24Neil EL AYNAOUINeil EL AYNAOUI10Brahim DIAZBrahim DIAZ

The duel — team data, FIFA tracking included

38%
Possession
51%
0.68
Expected goals
0.85
66
Threat
34
10
Shots
5
3
On target
4
282
Passes completed
420
48
Forced turnovers
46
14.0s
Ball recovery time
10.4s
6.28
High-press phases
4.41
13
Fouls committed
23
2
Offsides
3
116 km
Distance covered
109 km
34.2 km/h
Top speed
35.3 km/h

Territory — where each team lived

Every player's heatmap, minutes-weighted and stacked per team. Canada attack →, ← Morocco attack. Brighter is more presence; where the colors meet is the contested ground.

How it happened

  1. 20′Redouane HALHAL (Morocco) is booked by the referee.
  2. 22′Soufiane RAHIMI (in) comes off the bench to replace Ismael SAIBARI (out) (Morocco)
  3. 40′Achraf HAKIMI (Morocco) is booked by the referee.
  4. 40′Richie LARYEA (Canada) is booked by the referee.
  5. 43′Jonathan DAVID (Canada) is booked by the referee.
  6. 45′Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) is booked by the referee.
  7. 45+6′Bilal EL KHANNOUSS (Morocco) is booked by the referee.
  8. 49′Luc DE FOUGEROLLES (Canada) is booked by the referee.
  9. 50′Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
  10. 63′Sofyan AMRABAT (in) comes off the bench to replace Ayyoub BOUADDI (out) (Morocco)
  11. 63′Chemsdine TALBI (in) comes off the bench to replace Bilal EL KHANNOUSS (out) (Morocco)
  12. 63′Cyle LARIN (in) comes off the bench to replace Tani OLUWASEYI (out) (Canada)
  13. 67′Cyle LARIN (Canada) is booked by the referee.
  14. 78′Promise DAVID (in) comes off the bench to replace Ali AHMED (out) (Canada)
  15. 78′Jacob SHAFFELBURG (in) comes off the bench to replace Richie LARYEA (out) (Canada)
  16. 82′Azzedine OUNAHI (Morocco) scores!!
  17. 87′Marwane SAADANE (in) comes off the bench to replace Issa DIOP (out) (Morocco)
  18. 87′Samir EL MOURABET (in) comes off the bench to replace Azzedine OUNAHI (out) (Morocco)
  19. 87′Jayden NELSON (in) comes off the bench to replace Tajon BUCHANAN (out) (Canada)
  20. 87′Jonathan OSORIO (in) comes off the bench to replace Niko SIGUR (out) (Canada)
  21. 90+8′Soufiane RAHIMI (Morocco) scores!!

The morning-after column · AI-written from the match data

Eustáquio's Sorrow: The Chances That Canada Didn't Take

Canada arrived in Houston with ambition and a 4-4-2 press, six high-press phases early on breaking Morocco's rhythm. Jayden Nelson and Osorio sniffed danger early—indeed, Canada squandered 0.25 xG in the 10th minute before Morocco had properly settled. But pressing without precision is exhaustion by another name. Morocco's 4-2-3-1 was compact, disciplined, and unruffled. By the 50th minute, Canada's midfield had begun to crack. Ball recovery taking 14 seconds versus Morocco's 10.4 told the story: not control, but desperation.

Azzedine Ounahi, rating 8.9, orchestrated Morocco's ruthlessness. Canada had 0.68 xG across ten efforts; Morocco had 0.85 from five. The difference wasn't luck—it was conversion. Yassine Bounou (8.2) made an eighth-minute save, but Morocco's clinical finishing, including a 0.45 xG goal in the 90+8th minute, rendered Canada's 78th-minute miss of 0.24 xG a terminal wound. Eustáquio (6.7) and Osorio (6.7) pressed valiantly but never gained control. Morocco scored on every shot on target. Canada scored on none of their big chances.

Morocco converted all four shots on target into goals; Canada's ten shots yielded three on target and zero goals, missing clear 0.24 xG and 0.25 xG chances.

50′

Morocco break the deadlock; Canada's tournament slides from improbable to impossible

What Canada needed

Two clear openings were all the margin; the finishing wasn't there

  • 10th-minute miss of 0.25 xG and 78th-minute miss of 0.24 xG: knockout football has no room for profligacy
  • Ball recovery time of 14.0s against Morocco's 10.4s exposed midfield fragility; press intensity (6.3 phases) needed ruthlessness, not volume
  • Eustáquio and Osorio (both 6.7) failed to dictate rhythm; Morocco's shape suffocated Canadian creativity entirely

What Morocco needed

Clinical finishing and defensive composure sealed a professional dismissal

  • Four shots on target, four goals: 100% conversion rate (0.85 xG) punished Canada's wastefulness decisively
  • Ball recovery in 10.4s faster than Canada's 14.0s gave Ounahi (8.9 rating) time to control the tempo; no red cards, pristine discipline
  • Bounou's authority (8.2 rating) commanding the box absorbed Canada's late desperation; all threats neutralised