Ar Rayyan (Qatar)

Morocco knocked out 2010 World Cup winners Spain, 3-0 in a penalty shootout to storm into the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup at the Education City Stadium on Tuesday in a crucial round of 16 clash.

This is the first time the African nation has progressed so far in the world cup.

Spain suffered a shocking defeat as no Spanish player could score in the shootout. This was Spain's fourth World Cup loss in a penalty shootout, the most by a team on football's biggest stage.

Spain and Morocco were unable to break the deadlock in spite of an additional 30 minutes of play as both teams failed to grab their chances to score. The game went into the penalty shootouts to decide the winner.

Morocco scored on their first kick through Sabiri but Spain's Sarabia found the post to help Morocco take the lead.

Ziyech scored for Morocco again to give the African nation a 2-0 lead. Spain faltered again as Soler failed to put the ball past the keeper.

The score read 2-0 in the favour of the Moroccans and it looked like they would seal the game through the next kick but Simon kept Spain in the game as Badr Benoun missed to score.

Sergio Busquets had a lot riding on his shoulders as Spain looked to score their first goal but the captain was unable to find the goal with Bono making yet another safe.

Achraf Hakimi took the fourth kick for Morocco and placed his team in the quarter-finals as he scored through a Panenka kick.

The last time these teams met was in the 2018 World Cup in the group stages where it ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Morocco next face Portugal in the last-eight.