Xinhua News Agency, Doha, December 13 (Reporter Liu Wei, Wang Haoming) what will be the result of stabbing the strongest shield with the sharpest spear?
On December 10th, the French player mbampe (former) attacked in the match against England. Photo by Pan Xiaolong, Xinhua News Agency reporter
In the semi-final of the Qatar World Cup on the 14th, the African “Dark Horse” Morocco team and the defending champion France team will give the answer.
On December 10th, the Moroccan goalkeeper Bunu (the first from the right) saved the game against Portugal. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jundong
As the first team in Africa to reach the top four of the World Cup, Morocco’s ambition goes beyond this. Coach Walid regelage “threatened” to enter the final.
“Many people think that we have succeeded. I don’t think so. It is not luck to go to the top four. We want more. We want to create history and let African football stand on the top of the world.” Regelaghi is full of confidence.
On December 10th, members of the Moroccan team threw up their head coach regerage after the game to celebrate. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang photo
It takes capital to release harsh words. Morocco has such capital. They remained undefeated in this World Cup, and the only YILI lost was oolong. They won the Belgian and Portuguese teams, ping the Croatia team, and eliminated the Spanish team in penalty kick. They have been tested by strong teams many times. The tenacious defense has left a deep impression on people.
This time they welcomed the defending champion with a luxurious front line. In the experience of six World Cup semi-finals, the French team won the last three times, winning Croatia in 1998, Portugal in 2006 and Belgium in 2018. The French team was the first World Cup defending champion to reach the top four after 1998.
Morocco is the “Cainiao” in the elimination stage of the World Cup, and is the 25th team to reach the top four of the World Cup. In this final four, Morocco is the only team that has never entered the final four in history.
The history record is “not worth mentioning” in the eyes of the coach, which can only explain the past and cannot predict the future. The coach of the French team Deshang did not like people to compare the French team in 2018 with the current French team.
“The team and players are changing. I believe that the players I selected are very happy to be together every day. Some people are young, may lack experience and bear a lot of pressure on the court, but we have all the preparations to defeat our opponents.” Deshang said.
On December 10th, the French coach Deshang (the first from the right) commanded the field. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wei
Regelaghi didn’t even pay attention to technical statistics on the field. Data? The media like to stare at this, what possession percentage, how many times to shoot, I only care about winning!” He said, “it would be better if we could control the ball I am the fans of Guardiola, but this is not what we are pursuing. European media may not be used to an African team challenging them. There shouldn’t be only one way to play in the world. We should break the myth of data and become the pride of Africa, the Arab world and developing countries.”
Deschamp also kept a clear understanding of the advantages of “data”: “The Moroccan team has proved their success. There are many directions that can be interpreted in technical statistics, but this cannot explain everything, and some may even mislead the coach. For me, the data is only used to prove the conclusion I have observed.”
The “conflict of contradictions” cannot completely summarize the confrontation between the two teams. In Deshang’s view, it is impossible to get into the semi-finals if you can only defend. Reglaji also suggested that it would be a very serious mistake if the team only focused on sharp-knife stars such as mbapei in defense.
“So far, no team has found the defensive flaw of Morocco. I hope we can find a solution. Not only do they defend well, but the team’s organizational mobilization, formation change and mental state are all very good.” Deshang said.
At the Gulf stadium on the 14th, it is expected that the number of Moroccan fans will far exceed that of French fans. Can Africa’s “Dark Horse” carry out the surprise to the end under the condition of “home advantage? We will wait and see.
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