Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- Africa's search for her first victory at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar continued on Wednesday as the Atlas Lions of Morocco could only force Croatia to a barren draw in their Group F opener at the Al Bayt Stadium.

Both Croatia and Morocco are featuring in their sixth World Cups even though the Croats are more successful, having made it all the way to the final at the last Mundial in Russia.

This perhaps explains why Croatia were the favourite to beat the Moroccans in Wednesday's Group F opener but hard as they tried, they were unable to tame the Atlas Lions, who played compactly in the defence

Croatia came all out from the blast of the whistle as Ivan Perisic mounted pressure following an overlapping pass from...