World Cup France vs Morocco (Intelligence)
Including the main Moroccan double central defender, many people were injured!
Morocco have run out of ammunition to reach this stage, and they have already had a lot of casualties in their squad, with manager Regragui admitting: "Although no one is sure to be left out of the squad, no one is sure to play for tomorrow's game!"
Including their main centre-back Agard (4 games) missed the last training session, while his partner Roman Seth (5 games, 1 goal) is also in a separate training session, he can only train for stationary cycling and jogging in the outfield, and this game is also likely to be absent!
In addition to the double centre-back, their main full-back Ashraf Hakimi (1 assist in 5 games) and main defender Sofiyan Amrabat (5 games) can only be trained normally by medical staff on the sidelines, and these two may also have some minor injuries, even if they can play, it may affect their performance.
And the injuries are concentrated in the backfield, and the absence of the main double central defender may also loosen the proud defense, and the goals may not be too few!
Bonus power blessing, 300,000 euros for promotion!
This year's French Football Association gave the team a prize of 40 million euros, which is a full 8 million euros more than the last World Cup in Russia!
France have reached the last four and the players have received around €240,000 in prize money, but once they reach the final, the prize money will be raised to €290,000.
If they eventually win the title, the prize money will be as high as 400,000 euros, which is a full 160,000 euros (1.2 million yuan) more than just reaching the final four, which is still very obvious for the French players, and the French captain Varane did not shy away from the bonus bonus to their motivation in the pre-match press conference.
French President Emmanuel Macron is sure to be there to watch the battle!
France will welcome heavyweights to the match, and French President Emmanuel Macron will be in the stands of this semi-final!
Before the start of the World Cup, Macron said that if France reached the semi-finals or finals, he would definitely go to Qatar to watch the game, and now he has fulfilled his promise.
Although the voice in France said that the president should not go to the game, which will make football contaminated with politicized factors, Macron's advisers said that the president is just going to enjoy football, he will only cheer for the French team in the stands, and the president's attendance is undoubtedly a huge bonus to the French team!
France's two major central midfielders may be absent!
The two main players in France's central midfield have missed the pre-match training, and this game may be absent!
Their main centre-backs Upamecano (4 games) and Jolie back-up Rabiot (1 goal and 1 assist in 5 games) did not appear on the training ground, and the two were absent due to flu and sore throats, which may not be able to catch the game.
If the two are absent due to a cold, the best chance of replacing them is Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate and Monaco defender Youssef Fofana
Morocco has 10 times more fans than France!
Morocco will continue to receive huge off-field support for this match, and their fans will be 10 times as many as the fans of France! Morocco has about 45,000 fans in this match, while France only has about 4,000!
The Moroccan Football Federation gave away 13,000 free tickets directly to local fans for this semi-final, and also opened 30 air routes to ensure that Moroccan fans can be sent to Qatar.
In fact, in addition to the support of domestic fans, Morocco is undoubtedly more popular in Qatar, Morocco and Qatar are both countries in the Arab world, and they are also unique in the Arab region, and Qatari fans will generally support Morocco instead of France!
Morocco has not been scored by an opponent so far!
Morocco's defense in this World Cup has been terrifying, and no opponent has scored Morocco's goal so far! They conceded a goal in this tournament, or an own goal from their own defender Sess, and kept clean sheets in all four other games.
This means that even against attackers such as De Bruyne, Modric, Alfonso Davis, Morata and Ronaldo, they will not be able to break the gate guarded by Bonnu!
Ashraf vs Mbappe, Paris Civil War!
The clash on the left flank will be interesting, with France's left-winger Kylian Mbappe speaking directly to his club's team-mate Ashraf Hakimi.
In addition to being teammates or very good friends, the two cooperated very well on the left side when they were at the club, but after becoming opponents in this game, both of them are familiar with the habits of their opponents, and the left side will also become the main offensive and defensive position in this field, this match between Paris teammates is quite interesting.
France is on track to defend its title in record terms!
After the introduction of the group stage at the World Cup, the only successful title defense was Brazil from 1958 to 1962, and no team was able to defend the title for the next 60 years.
And Brazil only had 16 teams participating at the time, and after the World Cup expansion to 32 teams, no team could defend the title, and France currently has a chance to set a World Cup record!
France's record against African teams is not great!
France's last time they faced a North African side was not good, as they lost 1-0 to Tunisia in a group stage final round.
Their record against African teams in recent years has not been impressive, losing 2-1 to South Africa in the 2010 World Cup and losing 1-0 to Senegal in the 2002 World Cup.
I hope the intelligence is helpful to everyone!