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DOHA: Never mind the fireworks and deafening pop music that await at Al Bayt stadium - the real pre-match show for the World Cup semi-final between Morocco and France was provided on Tuesday (Dec 13) by Walid Regragui.
France captain Hugo Lloris praised Morocco for their remarkable World Cup run and warned that the holders will face "formidable" opponents in Wednesday's semi-final showdown.
World Cup holders France face Africa's first-ever semi-finalists Morocco in Wednesday's last-four clash in Qatar.
Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between The Netherlands and Argentina at Lusail Stadium, north of Doha on December 9, 2022. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
An Arab team are now 90 minutes away from the World Cup final.
CORBEIL-ESSONNES, France : Ahead of the World Cup semi-final between Morocco and France, Hichem Sayadi is feeling torn by divided loyalties.
His country is in diplomatic crisis with Morocco, but that's not stopping Tunisian Wissam Sultani supporting the first ever Arab or African team to reach a football World Cup semi-final. "There's no politics on the pitch. Supporting an Arab country, whichever one, is a duty when it gets to this stage of a tournament," said Sultani, a 41-year-old greengrocer in Tunis, capital of the North African nation. "Football brings people together, but politics divides them." Morocco's "Lions of the Atlas", who beat Portugal on Saturday to reach the final four, will face former colonial power France on Wednesday.
Riyadh: As the World Cup enters its final stages, the world’s biggest sporting event has lived up to the motto, “in football, anything can happen.” The Qatar tournament’s underdogs have challenged the status quo by recording wins against some of the highest-ranked teams in the competition.