How we meet again! Three and a half years after crossing swords in the semi-final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the French team and Morocco will face each other again (10 p.m. French time). This time, it is in the quarter-final that the Roosters will try to beat the Atlas Lions once again to challenge the winner of the Spain-Belgium match in the semi-finals. For this match, Didier Deschamps should field a typical team in his usual 4-2-3-1.
Mike Maignan will keep the French cages, while the four-man defense composed of Jules Koundé, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba and Lucas Digne should be renewed. In the middle, Aurélien Tchouameni has certainly resumed training with the French group, but the Real Madrid player should be too tight to start. It is therefore an Adrien Rabiot-Manu Koné pair which is announced by the press.
Tchouameni too fair
Up front, Michael Olise will still be in the heart of the game and will absolutely have to avoid any yellow card which would deprive him of a possible semi-final. Alongside him, Désiré Doué should regain his starting place at the expense of Bradley Barcola. Finally, Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé will complete the French attack. Opposite, Mohamed Ouahbi will also have resources.
The Moroccan coach will line up a 4-2-3-1 with Yassine Bounou in goal. In front of him, captain Achraf Hakimi will team up with Issa Diop, Redouane Halhal and Noussair Mazraoui. A notch above, Neil El-Aynaoui and Ayyoub Bouaddi will take care of the recovery. In attack, Brahim Diaz, Azzedine Ounahi and Bilal El-Khannouss will look to shine on Soufiane Rahimi who would replace the injured Saibari.
