The World Cup has just barely gotten underway, but it will be tough to find a more crushing defeat than the one Morocco had at the hands of Iran on Friday.
Two teams that were expected to have stout defenses lived up to their reputation for nearly an entire match. With the score tied 0-0 and the match looking like a sure draw several minutes into stoppage time, Morocco’s Aziz Bouhaddouz tried to safely head the ball out of bounds on an Iran corner kick. It ended up in the back of his own net.
Heartbreak for Morocco!
Bouhaddouz heads it into his own net in stoppage time to give Iran the lead. pic.twitter.com/7FA7Migvk5
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 15, 2018
With Spain and Portugal in their group, Morocco and Iran have their work cut out for them if they want to advance to the knockout rounds. A loss like that has to be devastating when you’re basically seconds away from a draw.
Between the own-goal header and the ending we saw in the Uruguay-Egypt match earlier on Friday, the 2018 World Cup is already off to an insane start.
