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.
Roman Saiss goes off and Selim Amallah replaces him.
Theo Hernandez gives the French the lead. 1-0
- 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.
The Atlas lions have only conceded once all tournament and that was an own goal against Canada...
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.
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.
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.
