5 Interesting Facts Ahead Of Morocco's Duel Versus France

JAKARTA - France and Morocco will face off for a ticket to the Qatar 2022 World Cup final. Les Bleus and the Atlas Lion will meet at the Al Bayt Stadium on Thursday, December 15 in the morning WIB.

The winner of this match will meet Argentina who won over Croatia. Here are five interesting facts that the two countries have ahead of the hot duel later.

Morocco shocked Portugal in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 win to reach the top four.

Meanwhile, France sent England home with a score win 2-1 to keep their hopes of getting a back-to-back title alive.

As defending champions, France certainly wants to return to the final and seek their third title in World Cup history.

Meanwhile, Morocco definitely intends to continue their magical journey. Walid Regragui's team wants to make history the first African country to win this biggest event. That ambition will motivate them to face the Didier Deschamps squad.

Here are the facts about the French versus Morocco match:

1. Les Bleus failed to win one of their first three semifinals of the World Cup (1958, 1982, and 1986). However, they won in the last three occasions (1998, 2006, and 2018).

2. France will try to make history as a European country that returns to the final as the defending champion since Italy won the 1934 edition and won again in the next four years 1938 or 84 years ago.

3. So far Morocco has only conceded one goal by Aguerd against Canada in the group stage. The rest of them are always clean sheets in the other four matches.

4. This statistic makes the supporters of the Atlas Lion more confident in the final and champions because the last two teams to keep five clean sheets in one World Cup were Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010, then won.

5. France has never suffered a loss to the Atlas Lions in five games. This record could intimidate Regragui's side.