Spain was knocked out of the World Cup after a penalty shootout defeat to Morocco. Find the Spain World Cup ratings below. Alvaro Morata, who Spain would have preferred, was the recipient of their best opportunity of the second half. When unmarked in injury time, he could only head high and wide. To force overtime, Bounou was subsequently required to block an in-swinging free kick from Olmo. Extra time had a similar structure. Ansu Fati and Alex Balde were introduced by Spain to shake things up, and Morocco occasionally had to use last-ditch defense to keep the scores equal.
Spain player ratings (4-3-3)
GK: Unai Simon – 6/10 – The odd tense moment, but everything was fine overall.
RB: Marcos Llorente – 5/10 – Boufal did not let him even a second of peace, but he persisted.
CB: Rodri – 6/10 – Did alright, but Morocco’s lack of a top-notch final product benefited him.
CM: Aymeric Laporte – 6/10 – Not as thoroughly tested as Morocco would have liked, but still maintaining composure.
LB: Jordi Alba – 6/10 – Certainly not at his most powerful.
CM: Gavi – 5/10 – He did a little worse in the first half, but considerably better after the break.
CM: Sergio Busquets – 4/10 – missed his penalty and failed to establish his dominance over the game as one may have expected.
CM: Pedri – 5/10 – He wasn’t at his best and occasionally seemed uninterested in the physical struggle.
RF: Ferran Torres -6/10 – Before he left, he was the best of the starting Spanish forwards, but that didn’t really mean anything.
CF: Marco Asensio – 5/10 – Saw little opportunities but was wasteful when he did have the goal in view.
LF: Dani Olmo – 5/10 –Ably marshaled by Hakimi, who is superb.
Substitutes:
SUB: Carlos Soler (63′ for Gavi) – 5/10.
SUB: Alvaro Morata (63′ for Asensio) – 5/10.
SUB: Nico Williams (76′ for Torres) – 5/10.
SUB: Ansu Fati (98′ for Olmo) – N/A.
SUB: Alex Balde (98′ for Jordi Alba) – N/A.
SUB: Pablo Sarabia (118′ for Williams) – 4/10.
Manager:
Luis Enrique – 4/10 – If you had a squad like his, you must be performing better.
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