FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Semi-Finals & Final

[Bobbcats]

Of the last 4 French goals 3 of them are from open players with 5+ of the other team defending Mbappe in the box

[magik9113]

Morocco can be proud for sure.
Possible watershed moment for the future of their football.
Players will be heralded as heroes by a generation of Moroccan kids that will grow up to surpass them.

They said the same thing about Korea in 2002.

How did that turn out?

Should be void because that **** was fixed af, but Korea did make knockouts of this wc against the odd

[G R E Y]

Anyway WHAT a close one to end the half by Morocco.

Getting chippy.

I wonder what the atmosphere is like in France?

As far as I know from my experience with french people, a mix of being pissed off and being blasé... lol

Cheers!

I meant with the African diaspora in France, should've clarified. If everyone's not cheering on France, more surely will be after this game for the final.

[M3tro]

Morocco can be proud for sure.
Possible watershed moment for the future of their football.
Players will be heralded as heroes by a generation of Moroccan kids that will grow up to surpass them.

They said the same thing about Korea in 2002.

How did that turn out?

Should be void because that **** was fixed af, but Korea did make knockouts of this wc against the odd

But they've never replicated the success of reaching the semis and probably won't for a long time still.

This is very reminiscent of that.

[rapstarter]

Really hope they ban fans from brining these **** whistles.

[Stannis]

Oh man, wouldba been a crazy final 2 minutes if that one went in.

[ChumboChappati]

Someone post a timeline map of the French annexation of Morocco

Final will be between a colonial power and a colony

[Sedale Threatt]

Ball just doesn't want to go in for Morocco

[El Turco]

Morocco can be proud for sure.
Possible watershed moment for the future of their football.
Players will be heralded as heroes by a generation of Moroccan kids that will grow up to surpass them.

Do you think so?
Bulgarians are still waiting for someone to be half the player Stoichkov was. They are still yet to qualify for a World Cup since that generation retired.

yeah you never know if this is a once in a lifetime, everything lined up perfectly situation or start of something more consistent. Turkey hasnt qualified for the world cup since their semi final appearance. and many of the players are considered traitors by half of the country, for different reasons but still

still good appearance by morocco, they showed much more than i expected from them today.

[El Turco]

they just cant tap it in

thats what she said

[fbalmeida]

Morocco can be proud for sure.
Possible watershed moment for the future of their football.
Players will be heralded as heroes by a generation of Moroccan kids that will grow up to surpass them.

Agreed completely, that's a great way to put it. The future looks very bright for Moroccan football.

What drives me to think so, in contrast to other world cup Cinderella teams (the Bulgarian stagnation post-Stoichkov, Balakov, Kostadinov) is that Morocco has exported a consistent stream of really talented players for several decades now, as far as back as the late 80's early 90's.

At long last they found a way to put it together at the national level. They are here to stay as a competitive team that can beat anyone on any day.

[Stannis]

Welp, Morocco was still the first African team to make the semis. That's still a milestone.

Don't sleep on the 3rd place game. Morocco should still try hard for that.

[EArl]

I am excited about these finals. It should be a good one.

[GSWFan1994]

I simply love how they greet each other at the end, that's what sports are for.

[Stannis]

Morocco can be proud for sure.
Possible watershed moment for the future of their football.
Players will be heralded as heroes by a generation of Moroccan kids that will grow up to surpass them.

Agreed completely, that's a great way to put it. The future looks very bright for Moroccan football.

What drives me to think so, in contrast to other world cup Cinderella teams (the Bulgarian stagnation post-Stoichkov, Balakov, Kostadinov) is that Morocco has exported a consistent stream of really talented players for several decades now, as far as back as the late 80's early 90's.

At long last they found a way to put it together at the national level. They are here to stay as a competitive team that can beat anyone on any day.

Lot of their diaspora opt to play for them as well. I'm looking at their team, and they still play for for decent clubs at a young age.

[Sedale Threatt]

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[Bobbcats]

Great run from Morocco. They even made this one a game despite going down 1-0 right away and having to play a different style.

[ChumboChappati]

They said the same thing about Korea in 2002.

How did that turn out?

Should be void because that **** was fixed af, but Korea did make knockouts of this wc against the odd

But they've never replicated the success of reaching the semis and probably won't for a long time still.

This is very reminiscent of that.

depends on what Morocco does to reach the next stage; lacking a striker is the main problem which needs to be addressed

[G R E Y]

Welp, Morocco was still the first African team to make the semis. That's still a milestone.

Don't sleep on the 3rd place game. Morocco should still try hard for that.

Yeah Croatia looked well worn out early. But if this tournament has taught us anything, it's expectations be damned.

[hermes]

well that's too bad. great run for morocco

now i don't care as much about the finals...two teams that are supposed to be there? psh, doesn't do much for me