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Beautiful day for Morocco - Bono saves sink Spain in World Cup last 16

Spain are out of the World Cup after losing on penalties to Morocco in the last 16.

Madrid-born Achraf Hakimi hit the winning penalty, showing no fear with a panenka, after Sevilla goalkeeper Bono had saved from both Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets, with Spain failing to convert any of their three penalties after Pablo Sarabia hit the post with the first.

It was hardly the return Spain boss Luis Enrique had been looking for after telling his players they must practice 1,000 penalties each with their clubs before travelling to Qatar, and it saw Morocco claim another huge scalp after beating Belgium in the group phase.

Spain were left to rue a Sarabia shot which struck the outside of the post in the third of three minutes added on to the 120, but Walid Regragui's Morocco side were worthy winners as they advance to the quarter-finals.

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The North Africans held Spain to only one shot at goal in the first half – their fewest on record in the opening 45 minutes of a World Cup match – with tenacious defending throughout.

Morocco occasionally flirted with danger playing out from the back – never more so than when Bono's clearance was quickly sent back in midway through the first half, but Ferran Torres was offside when he played it back for Dani Olmo to hit a shot the keeper did well to tip on to the bar.

Spain’s only opportunity that would have counted before half-time came two minutes later but Marco Asensio fired into the side-netting, and instead it was Morocco who threatened

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