France vs Morocco: Solid Fortress
Among the four teams participating in the semi-finals, France is the team that is considered superior thanks to its possession of top-notch stars in all positions. At the same time, Les Bleus is maintaining stability when defeating England and Poland in the quarterfinals and round of 1/8, respectively.
However, for most experts, the semi-final against Morocco will not be an easy time and the defending champion of the French tournament can completely pay a heavy price if you lose focus. In fact, even if there is a ticket to continue, Mbappe and his teammates will need more than 90 official minutes to finish Morocco.
Notably, Morocco is the dark horse of the 2022 World Cup when it makes many famous European teams hate. Back in the group stage, the representative of Africa once surprised when holding the defending runner-up Croatia and defeating the world No. 2 team Belgium.
After that, Ziyech and his teammates had a tight match and defeated Spain after a penalty shootout in the 1/8 round. Just a few days ago, Morocco continued to create a battlefield when they overcame Portugal with a score of 1-0 in the quarterfinals.
At this time, Morocco and Croatia are two teams that have never lost at the 2022 World Cup. More impressively, Morocco has only conceded 1 goal (due to own goal) after 5 matches on land. Qatar.
- France has never lost to Morocco in 5 meetings, and all are friendly (win 3, draw 2).
- France will play the 7th World Cup semi-final. In the first three matches (1958, 1982, 1986) they all lost, while winning the last three matches (1998, 2006, 2018).
- Morocco has not lost in the last six matches at the World Cup (3 wins, 3 draws), the longest unbeaten streak of an African country in World Cup history.
- Morocco made the most saves (137) and most tackles (104) at the 2022 World Cup.
- Pháp: Lloris, Varane, Hernández, Upamecano, Koundé, Rabiot, Tchouaméni, Giroud, Griezmann, Dembélé, Mbappé.
- Ma Rốc: Bounou, Saïss, Hakimi, El Yamiq, Attiat-Allah, Ziyech, Amrabat, Amallah, Ounahi, Boufal, En-Nesyri.
