Another world champion on the way.
After Italy, never qualified, and Germany, already forgotten, it's up to Spain to say goodbye to the 2022 World Cup. La Roja lost (0-0, 0-3 on tab) against Morocco in the round of 16 and said goodbye to his hopes of a second star.
A favorite falls in the table part of the France team.
Can we say that he emerges?
Morocco's overall strength and ball handlers make us think otherwise.
Here are the men of Walid Regragui in the quarter-finals of a World Cup that they have no intention of leaving.
Style opposition
On the ground, two schools clash.
Virtuosity and organization.
Vertical and horizontal.
Unpredictable and metronomic.
The pleasure of the eyes gives the advantage to Morocco, to its insolent artists Boufal and Ziyech, to its moped Hakimi and to the brain, Ounahi.
The duels, the dribbles and more broadly the differences came from them.
The boredom of the Spaniards.
Too little mobile against a perfectly organized block, La Roja abused side passes, and her phobic fear of losing possession too often led her to back down.
As for Sergio Busquets, he was on his sofa, in the bad sense of the word: skipping and downing beers, no problem, but on condition that his friends in the middle go get him the bottles from the fridge and the remote control from the cabinet of TV.
Captain as he is, we do not understand how Luis Enrique could leave him on the lawn beyond regulation time.
Hopefully the question will be answered in the Spanish coach's next stream.
Morocco at home
“Stadium full!
44,667 spectators.
“If there are still doubts about certain crowds since the start of the tournament, the announcer's announcement did not surprise anyone at the Education City Stadium.
The figure sticks with the visual and sound impression.
In the stands, the acoustic monopoly is inversely proportional to the possession of the ball.
80% Morocco, 20% Spain.
And again, we are nice to the Iberian fans.
From the hymns, we understood - the absence of text on the Spanish side has nothing to do with it - and the kick-off only confirmed the impression.
Permanent whistles when La Roja plays ball, a runaway approach to Unai Simon's goals and in the middle, two kops that respond and applaud each other.
Welcome to the world of Moroccan supporters, the best in the world, it seems.
The legend is not usurped.
If it played on the penalty shootout?
What question !
Hakimi, president!
The lack of Spanish initiative, somewhat mitigated by the entry of Ansu Fati combined with Moroccan clumsiness, could hardly lead to any other outcome than the penos.
Each of the two teams had their big chance in overtime.
On the one hand, Chedira failed to take advantage of Ounahi's caviar in the area (103rd), on the other, Pablo Sarabia hit the post with a shot from an impossible angle (123rd).
A draw within the draw.
On the other hand, there is no photo on the session that follows: Bounou enters the head of Soler and Busquets, Achraf Hakimi completes Unai Simon with an already cult panenka.
Tuesday, in Doha, more than Morocco, it was a certain festive idea of football that won.
And that's good.
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