The first African team to reach a World Cup semi-final will face the reigning champions tonight. Yesterday Morocco manager, Walid Regragui, said '"this is our time", this country are determined to make more history.
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A fantastic spell for Morocco as they pile on the pressure against France to start this second half. It'll be a very interesting final 35 minutes.
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Roman Saiss goes off and Selim Amallah replaces him.
Theo Hernandez gives the French the lead. 1-0
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- France were eliminated from each of their first three semi-finals (in 1958, 1982 and 1986) but have won their subsequent three matches at this stage (in 1998, 2006 and 2018). [via the BBC]
Two legends crossed paths in the World Cup semi final.
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The Atlas lions have only conceded once all tournament and that was an own goal against Canada...
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Armando Broja will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his ACL.
Sources are optimistic on his return at the beginning of 2023/2024 season for the striker, recovery time expected to be around 6/7 months.
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Just last year, Walid Regragui attended a tactic seminar over zoom with Mikel Arteta.
Tonight, he will manage Morocco in a historic World Cup semi-final.
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The second World Cup semi-final is here and we are about to see reigning champions France take on the history-making Morocco in what could turn out to be another chess-like battle on the pitch.
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