African champions Morocco scored a last minute goal against The Netherlands to revive their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign early Tuesday, 30th June.

Liverpool of England’s star Cody Gakpo scored a second half goal to give European giants The Netherlands a deserved lead but, Morocco, the only African side to reach a World Cup semifinal in the FIFA world Cup, bounced back to level scores in the 90th minute of the dramatic match being played at Monterrey Stadium, Mexico.

Defender Issa Diop scored the decisive goal with his head for Morocco to extend the match into the extra time, which is currently ongoing.

The first 15 minutes of the extra time has ended without any goal from either side, though the African side made some dangerous incursions into the defence of The Netherlands.

The second half of the extra time still did not produce any goal as The Netherlands and Morocco were more cautious with their approach to the game, which ended 1-1 .

The match will now be decided by penalty shootouts.

Meanwhile The Netherlands have reached the final on three occasions but are yet to lift FIFA’s global showpiece.

Morocco became only the fourth African side to reach a World Cup quarterfinal in 2022, then went one better before losing to France in the semifinals.

Brazil beat Japan earlier on Day 19 of the World Cup, while Germany were shocked by Paraguay in the middle game of the day.

Stay with eyeonthenews.news for the outcome of the encounter between The Netherlands and Morocco.