France and Morocco’s Intense Rivalry Gets the World Cup Quarterfinals Started with a Bang
France are favored, but Morocco has shown knockout-round grit and six French-born players could line up for the Atlas Lions, analysts said.
- France and Morocco meet in the World Cup quarterfinals today, with the Atlas Lions seeking to settle a score after Les Bleus won 2-0 in the Qatar semifinals.
- Six French-born players chose to represent Morocco, reflecting the significant Moroccan community living in Europe due to France's colonial past in North Africa.
- Manager Didier Deschamps remains wary of Morocco's counterattack, noting the Moroccans must maintain peak performance for the full 90 minutes to secure victory.
- FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina defended match officials against "unfounded allegations" following criticism from Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- Justin Bieber joined the World Cup halftime show lineup alongside Madonna, BTS, and Shakira, as the tournament moves toward its final match on July 19.
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The World Championship 2026 has arrived at the quarterfinals. Eight Nationals remain in the race to raise the World Cup next July 19 in New York. France beats Morocco, now awaits the winner of an unprecedented Spain-Belgium. On Saturday July 11th it is Norway-England. To close the picture Argentina-Switzerland. Below is the [...] L'articolo World Cup, the live scoreboard of the quarterfinals: the graphics "Days, hours and tv calendar" comes from…
Morocco, for the second time in its history, plays a quarter-final of the World Cup this Thursday and does so before France, the same rival as in the semi-finals of the last World Cup in 2022. In that match it won the Gaul set and now the Moroccan Team seeks revenge. To that end, Ouahbi, Morocco’s selector, surprises with the ownership of Talbi in attack and without any pure center forward. Morocco’s official alignment to measure itself to Franc…
France and Morocco today open the quarterfinals (from 10 p.m.) in search of the first ticket to the semifinals of the World Cup 2026.
France and Morocco’s intense rivalry gets the World Cup quarterfinals started with a bang
I don’t know about you, but it was a little confusing having no soccer to watch on television yesterday. For almost a month that’s been my go-to setting and it felt strange not to have my daily fix of live action. But now, we’re so back.
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