Kevin De Bruyne called it right: this ageing Belgium team have no chance of winning the World Cup on the evidence available so far in Qatar. Morocco succeeded where Canada failed in punishing another flat display from the team ranked second in the world, to record their first victory at a World Cup since defeating Scotland in 1998.
Two substitutes, Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal, scored late goals that gave Morocco only their third World Cup win and ignited wild celebrations all around Al Thumama Stadium. The tournament’s latest shock was richly deserved, but not really a shock at all given the paucity of Belgium’s contribution.
