Morocco loses to the Iranian team 1-0 in its World Cup's opening game, Friday, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. 18:56 Morocco misses its last opportunity of scoring as the game reaches an end. 18:54 Iran scores only two minutes after the end of the game. Aziz Bouhaddouz mistakenly scored an own goal. 18:51 The second half is over and 6 minutes are granted the two teams to make a difference. 18:48 Morocco unable to keep the ball after a series of failed attempts. 18:47 Another failed attempt for the Moroccan team as the game is about to end. 18:41 Another substitution for the Moroccan team : Amine Harit out and Manuel da Costa in. 18:39 Hakim Ziyech misses one of the biggest shots the Atlas Lions have had managed to get since the start of the game. 18:36 Ayoub El Kaabi is out for a subtitution and Aziz Bouhaddouz gets in. 18:35 Nordin Amrabet is off for Sofyan Amrabet. 18:32 Nordin Amrabet feels dizzy after he fell trying to block an Iranian player. 18:30 The Iranina team puts more pressure on the Atlas Lions after two serious attempts blocked by the Moroccan goal keeper. 18:27 The Iranian team's captain, Masoud Shojaei leaves the game for an exchange with Mahdi Taremi. 18:25 Mbarek Boussoufa fails to score after he was handed over the ball by Amine Harit. 18:21 The Atlas Lions miss an opportunity that presented itself. 18:12 Morocco makes 226 passes during the first minutes of the second half. 18:10 The Atlas Lions are back on track leading the game. 18:00 Thr Atals Lions hit the field again for the game' second half, playing against thE Iranian team. 17:53 According to FIFA statistics, the Moroccan team had a 63% possession of the ball. It made 8 attempts in comparison with the Iranian team with only 6 attacks. For pass accuracy, Morocco took the lead reaching 81% ahead of Iran with only 55%. 17:50 the first half ends as the two teams couldn't score during the first 45 minutes of the game. The Atlas Lions started strong and managed to create several opportunities. The Iranian team showed more strength towards the end missing two serious attacks. 17:44 Iran creates a really serious opportunity, pressuring the Atlas Lions after they were dominating the game on the field during the game's first minutes. 17:40 Hakim Ziyech misses another opportunity of scoring. 17:33 Iranian team was almost going to score. A yellow card for Karim Al Ahmadi as he blocked an Iranian player from advancing. 17:32 Amine Harit misses an opportunity to score. The ball was kept out by the Iranian goal keeper. 17:29 The Atlas Lions keep the ball out as the Iranian team advances creating more opportunities to score. 17:26 The Moroccan team created many opportunities without being able to score. 17:22 The Iranian team takes initiative on the attacking front. 17:20 Morocco misses an opportunity of scoring and keeps dominating the game. 17:15 Munir Mhamdi stops a ball while Morocco keeps putting pressure on the Iranian team. 17:00 The game kicks off in Saint Petersburg. Amine Harit starts the match with an attempt to score. 16:40 Morocco reveals the names of the players to take part in today's match : Munir Mhamdi, Achraf Hakimi, Mehdi Benatia, Romain Saiss, Hakim Ziyech, Karim El Ahmadi, Ayoub El Kaabi, Younes Belhanda, Mbarek Boussoufa, Nordin Amrabet, Amine Harit. 15:22
