Spain deserved to undergo: Rodri upset after early exit from World Cup 2022

Spain midfielder Rodri Hernandez is upset after his staff’s early exit from the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 7, 2022 03:33 IST

Spain deserved to undergo: Rodri upset after early exit from World Cup (Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Spain midfielder Rodri Hernandez is disheartened after his facet’s early elimination from the FIFA World Cup as he believes his staff deserved to undergo to the quarter-finals. Morocco shocked Spain 3-0 on penalties to achieve the World Cup quarterfinals for the primary time after a 0-0 draw Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.

After Pablo Sarabia’s first shootout try for Spain hit the appropriate publish, Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved photographs from Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets. Morocco scored on penalty kicks from Abdelhamid Sabiri, Hakim Ziyech, and Achraf Hakimi, who was born and raised in Spain.

“They were clear about how they wanted to play, we generated football, but that’s how penalties are, we weren’t very accurate. We’re going home, we’re very bad, it’s one of my worst days. Morocco played as we expected, they played with eleven guys at the back, like every game they play, I don’t know what else to say, I wish we had gone through,” Rodri stated on ‘TVE’.

Spain dominated possession towards the North Africans, who defended for a lot of the 120-minute match, which ended with no targets earlier than Morocco gained the penalty shootout 3-0. Rodri, nonetheless, admitted that Spain weren’t correct with the penalties.

“Football is cruel, it doesn’t understand fairness, it understands that the ball goes in, penalties are a lottery. It depends on the day, I think we didn’t score any, they scored almost all of them and we can only thank the Spaniards who have been by our side. We gave our all,” the Manchester City midfielder added.

Morocco have been the largest shock of the match and can subsequent face Portugal within the quarterfinals on Saturday.

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Dec 7, 2022