2022 FIFA World Cup Knock-Out Rounds Quiz

Answer: 3-0

Morocco beat Spain 3-0 on penalty kicks. Sarabia's penalty kick hit the left upright, and the penalties by Soler and Busquets were saved by the Moroccan goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou.

The first two penalties by Morocco were scored by Sabiri and Ziyech. Benouri's kick was saved by Spanish goalkeeper, Unai Simon. Hakimi coolly slotted in the winning kick for Morocco.

Answer: Goncalo Ramos

Goncalo Ramos, in his first start for his country, scored in the 17th, 51st and 63rd minutes for his hat-trick. The other goals for Portugal were scored by Pepe in the 33rd minute, Guerreiro in the 55th minute and Rafael Leao in the 92nd minute. Akanji scored the only goal for Switzerland in the 58th minute.

Answer: 4-0

Brazil scored all 4 of their goals in the first half: Vinicius Jr in the 7th minute, Neymar by penalty in the 13rd minute, Richarlison in the 29th minute and Paqueta in the 36th minute. Paik Seoung-ho scored a fantastic goal from outside the box for Korea in the 76th minute.

Answer: 4-2 on penalty kicks

Brazil took the lead when Neymar scored in the 106th minute (it was 0-0 at full time). Petkovic equalized in the 117th minute. Brazil was eliminated by Croatia 4-2 on penalty kicks. Rodrygo missed the first penalty kick of Brazil and Marquinhos missed the fourth penalty kick. Croatia scored all their 4 penalty kicks to eliminate Brazil.

Answer: Netherlands

Argentina led 2-0 with goals by Molina in the 35th minute and Messi scoring a penalty in the 73rd minute. Dutch striker Weghorst scored a brace in the 63rd minute and the 11th minute of time added-on (90+11). The score remained at 2-2 after extra time. Argentina defeated Netherlands by 4-3 on penalty kicks.

Answer: Olivier Giroud

France led 1-0 when Tchouameni scored in 17th minute. Harry Kane equalized for England with a penalty in the 54th minute. Giroud headed in the winning goal in the 78th minute. Kane failed to equalize for England when he missed a penalty in the 84th minute.

Answer: 1-0

Morocco took the lead in the 42nd minute when Youssef En-Nesyri headed past the advancing Portuguese goalkeeper into an empty net. Cristiano Ronaldo was immediately subbed into the game but failed to score, thus ending perhaps his last chance to win the ultimate prize in football.

Answer: Julian Alvarez

Messi put Argentina into the lead after he scored a penalty in the 14th minute. Alvarez ensured Argentina's victory by scoring in the 39th minute and the 69th minute.

Answer: Second goal conceded in the tournament

In the group stage, Morocco conceded only 1 goal, to Canada, winning 2-1. They drew 0-0 with Croatia and beat Belgium 2-0. They did not concede any goal in regular and extra time in their wins against Spain in Round of 16 and Portugal in the quarter-final.

Answer: No

Kylian Mbappe single-handedly dragged France into match when they were behind by 2 goals until the 80th minute. He scored a penalty in the 80th minute and equalized for France one minute later with a fantastic volley. In extra-time, he again equalized for France scoring his second penalty to tie the score at 3-3, after Messi put Argentina ahead. During the penalty kicks to decide the winner, he scored the first penalty.

However, he was not the first player to score a hat-trick in the final. In 1966, Geoff Hurst scored 3 goals when England beat West Germany 4-2 in the final.