Canada vs. Morocco: Teams scoreless as 2nd half of World Cup knockout match begins

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Meanwhile, in a rural community in Nova Scotia, dozens of people are facing the heat in a concrete parking lot to watch their very own Jacob Shaffelburg. 

Many here know Shaffelburg, a substitute today who's from Port Williams, N.S. 

His grandparents showed up as well, and while they did not stay the whole time, they said they are excited to see their grandson on the world's largest soccer stage.

Barring a goal, that half couldn't have gone much better for Canada. Marsch has called this brilliantly, obviously predicting this would be a very physical encounter and urging his players to play a high-energy game and frustrate Morocco as much as possible. 

Sigur has had a great game so far and has shown he was more than worthy of his start today. His presence in the centre of the pitch has been emblematic of Canada's physical approach today. David has been chasing and battling Morocco's defenders brilliantly, too.

There was an incredible stat from the TSN play-by-play just before half time: the first Moroccan touch in Canada's box came in the 44th minute. Canada has defended admirably, but they have also just not allowed Morocco to ignite.

Michael Oliver blows the whistle for halftime, but not long after showing yet another yellow card to a Moroccan player. 

Bilal El Khannouss is the fourth player to be shown a yellow card in this half. 

After that flurry of yellow cards, the referee crew added six minutes of stoppage time. 

Referee Michael Oliver is showing he's not afraid of showing the yellow cards now, as he flashes a caution to Canadian striker Jonathan David.

David had grabbed Brahim Díaz to stop the Moroccans' marauding run forward. 

Moments later, Azzedine Ounahi went into the books, too, for a foul on a Canadian. 

That was frustration pure and simple from Hakimi, Morocco's star wing-back, who hasn't had much impact on this match at all so far. After Laryea shepherds another Morocco through-ball back to Crépeau, Hakimi simply shoves him over.

Laryea was understandably incensed, but Hakimi deserved that yellow much more than the Canadian defender.

More Moroccans are now crunching into late tackles and the referee is being kept busy.

Richie Laryea picks up Canada's first yellow of the game. Moroccan captain Achraf Hakimi joins him in the books, too. 

The bookings come after a flare-up between the two — which saw both teams come together momentarily — in the aftermath of an intercepted Moroccan long pass. 

Canada is showing so much more energy here, snapping at the Moroccans' heels and breaking up their plays.

Morocco is largely looking for long through-balls and quick turns of pace from its front line, but nothing is coming together for them so far.

Is that one-less day of rest and the extra-time minutes against the Netherlands already showing?

Shortly after resumption of play, Crépeau was forced into making a diving save on a deflected shot by Rahimi.

It was probably a poor decision by the substitute, as he had the opportunity to lay it off to a teammate for a potentially better opportunity after the Canadian turnover in their own half.

Morocco may be dominating possession, but Canada has done much more with the ball when they've had it. 

All four shots and both shots on target were taken by Les Rouges, as Morocco has struggled to test Maxime Crépeau and create much of anything.

Could that change after the hydration break? The controversial stoppage has reset tempos and shifted momentum in some other 2026 World Cup games.

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