France and Morocco are facing off in the first quarterfinal of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The match will be held at Boston Stadium in Boston, the capital of Massachusetts at 1:45 am Friday.
These two teams, who played in the semifinals of the Qatar World Cup 2022, are going to face each other in the quarterfinals this time. So the match to be held at midnight today will be very exciting and competitive.
In 2022, France defeated Morocco 2-0 to reach the final. Theo Hernandez scored in the fifth minute and Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th minute for France's victory. After losing to France, Morocco had played Croatia for third place.
Morocco finished fourth after losing to Croatia in the third place match. Morocco, which made history by reaching the semifinals of the World Cup, is the only African team to reach the quarterfinals this time too.
Morocco will be without forward Smael Saibari when they take the field against France in the quarterfinals. Sibari left the field in the 22nd minute of the 3-0 win over Canada in the pre-quarterfinals on Saturday.
He is currently receiving treatment for a hamstring injury. Soufiane Rahimi may come on the field in his place. Because Rahimi replaced him when he was injured.
Morocco will have a difficult time without Sibari. He has scored against the Netherlands, Brazil, Scotland, and Haiti.
Meanwhile, FIFA has rejected the appeal of French player Michael Olis against the decision of the yellow card. This was informed by French coach D Deschamps. Olis was given a yellow card in France's match against Paraguay.
Therefore, if he receives a yellow card in today's match, Olis will miss the semi-final match if France wins today's match. He will have to play carefully against Morocco today.
Midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni and forward Marcus Thuram will be able to play today's match. Aurélien Tchouameni missed the match against Paraguay.
France had previously won 1-0 in a friendly match in 1999 and drawn 2-2 in 2007.
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