Ruthless Morocco break Canadian hearts to reach World Cup quarters

Canada became the first of the co-hosts to exit the World Cup as a clinical Morocco won 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals on Saturday in Houston.

The 2022 semi-finalists Morocco will face title favourites France or Paraguay as the business end of the tournament in North America approaches.

After a first half littered with more bookings than shots, midfielder Azzedine Ounahi fired the opener on 50 minutes.

Canada — playing the biggest game in their footballing history — pushed for an equaliser, but Ounahi scored his second to finally see off the resistance of Jesse Marsch’s men.