World Cup 2018, Morocco vs Iran player ratings: Aziz Bouhaddouz endures game to forget with late own-goal
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Your support makes all the difference.Iran snatched a late winner against Morocco in their opening game of the 2018 World Cup.
Morocco dominated possession and had four more shots on goal than their opponents, but Aziz Bouhaddouz scored an own goal in the fifth-minute of injury-time to gift Iran all three points.
It is just Iran’s second win at a World Cup finals.
But which players impressed and who struggled?
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