History is on the table for France and Morocco in Wednesday's second semi-final of the FIFA men’s World Cup. CTVNews.ca tees up the contest.
FRANCE BREAKDOWNFrance's tournament got off to a rocky start in Qatar. It walked into the World Cup with the pressure of the champions’ curse, which saw four of the last five champions fail to qualify for the knockouts.
Despite missing its entire World Cup-winning midfield from 2018, the emerging talent, such as 22-year-old starter Aurelien Tchouameni, proved it can hold its own and veteran names like Adrien Rabiot, Olivier Giroud and Antoine Griezmann, have revitalized their roles. Team cohesion can only go so far in a squad if part of it is unbalanced, and Morocco will hope to exploit France’s gaping wounds at the back.Path: Drew 0-0 with Croatia. Beat Belgium 2-0. Beat Canada 2-1. Drew 0-0 with Spain, won penalty shootout 3-0. Beat Portugal 1-0.
After reaching the knockouts for the first time in 36 years, Regragui's inspired side conquered the Iberian Peninsula, dramatically eliminating Spain and Portugal. Now up next is the reigning World Cup champion, France. Will the theme of eliminating colonizers continue? Stopping France’s most threatening forward Mbappe will be the biggest test for Regragui's men before potentially meeting soccer's best-ever player, Lionel Messi, in the final. All of Africa will be hoping Morocco can stay true to form.Plenty of eyes will be on Mbappe in this semi-final. The Paris Saint-Germain star has five goals to his name alongside two assists leading the race for the Golden Boot and is the first name opposing players fixate on.
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