France and Morocco They meet this Wednesday in the second semifinal of the World Cup in Qatara historic event in which the Frenchmen, current champions, will seek to return to the final four years later entrusted to some Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann determinants, while the ‘Lions of the Atlas’ they aspire to the first final in their history, with the revelation poster of the tournament and the support of an entire continent.
The duel of the quarter-final against Englandone of the most outstanding duels of the tournament between two of the favorite maxims. The French prevailed (1-2) thanks to goals from Aurelien Tchouameniin the first half, and Olivier Giroudafter the draw of Harry Kane penalty. The English forward was able to equalize again from eleven meters in the final stretch, but he made a mistake, confirming that fortune was also on his side. rooster side.
As throughout the tournament, France will showcase his powerful attacking talent, spearheaded by a Kylian Mbappe who did not have his best afternoon against England but who is still at the top of the scorer’s table with five goals. The PSG star will have as his faithful squire a omnipresent Griezmanntimer and creator of the French game, in his version more supportive and committed to the group.
“We are in the semifinals, it is already a good World Cup. There are no secrets; many things are needed: the quality of the players, the collective strength, the mood and holding up a bit in matches to make them lean on our side. For me, the key word is adapting”, he analyzed Deschamps in the previous one of a duel for which he has no casualties, and he will be able to align his ‘once’ type, with up four forwards and the support of Tchouameni and Adrien Rabiot.
Morocco wants to “put Africa on top of the world”
precisely the only French blur of the current tournament was against an African team -the defeat (1-0) against Tunisia– as the most recent history. However, official duels between France and Morocco they are non-existent; the last precedent was a friendly in 2007 that ended 2-2 on French soil. Now in Qatarthe Africans have the opportunity to make their World Cup dream come true and continue to knock down doors, just one game away from playing their first final in a World Cup.
And it is that you are semifinals they are much more than a football game for Moroccans. “We want to make history and put Africa on top of the world. If we were satisfied with being in the semifinals, many people would agree, but I wouldn’t”, assured the Moroccan coach, Walid Reraguicreator of the productive at the same time that leathery and solid model that make him the combined revelation.
This worked for him before Spain and much more before Portugalwhich they did manage to win (1-0) in the quarterfinals, with a header from Youssef En-Nesyri. A goal that made Morocco in the first African team in history to access the semifinals of a World Cup. The two central holders of him, Nayef Aguerd y Romain Saïssare his main doubts, just as it does not seem that Noussair Mazraoui It will not be on the left side.
However, they have only conceded once – an own goal – in the entire tournament, so the menacing French forward will be a high-level test. Regragui if he will have his faithful ‘soldado’ Sofyan Amrabat as a pivot, capable of dominating large spaces with his physical power. The possible technical limitation is supplied by the talented Azzedine Ounahiin an ‘eleven’ in which the bullets will also be Sofiane Boufal and Hakim Ziyech.
possible alignments
France: Crying; Kound, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot, Griezmann; Dembele, Mbappe and Giroud.
Morocco: Bono; Hakimi, El Yamiq, Aboukhlal and Attiat-Allah; Amrabat, Ounahi, Amallah; Boufal, En-Nesyri and Ziyech.
