Azzedine Ounahi, the Moroccan national team midfielder, received the award for best player in the match against Canada at the World Cup.
Azzedine Ounahi
Club: Girona
Ounahi shone during the match and scored a brace as part of Morocco's 3-0 victory over Canada.
The Moroccan national team qualified for the round of 8 in the 2026 World Cup after defeating Canada 3-0 in the round of 16.
Morocco defeated Canada, one of the host countries of the tournament along with the United States and Mexico, reaching the round of 8 in the World Cup for the second consecutive time.
In the round of 8, the Moroccan national team will face the winner of the match between France and Paraguay.
Morocco became the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup two consecutive times.
Morocco's hat-trick was scored by Azzedine Ounahi with two goals, and a goal by Sofiane Rahimi in stoppage time.
Azz, you did justice to Shawali
Alongside the main Moroccan commentator for the match, Jawad Badda, the Tunisian Issam Shawali was present on a second channel.
Since the beginning of the World Cup, Shawali has not had luck in his commentary on matches of Arab or African teams, all of whom exited the tournament during his commentary.
This led Issam Shawali to mock himself on air during his commentary on one of the matches in a humorous way, pointing to the bad luck of the teams he comments on.
With the revelation that Issam Shawali was commentating on the match, some began to fear for the Moroccan national team in the match against Canada.
However, Azzedine Ounahi did justice to Issam Shawali by scoring a brace in Morocco's victory over Canada, ending the idea of bad luck for Arab and African teams with Issam Shawali.
