World Cup: Eight teams remain in the hunt for glory
The World Cup is down to just eight teams, with a heavyweight line-up set to do battle in the quarter-finals from Thursday. AFP Sport looks at the match-ups, all of which are taking place in the United States. France v Morocco Imperious France have lived up to their billing as World Cup favourites, sweeping through […] The post World Cup: Eight teams remain in the hunt for glory appeared first on The Namibian .
The World Cup is down to just eight teams, with a heavyweight line-up set to do battle in the quarter-finals from Thursday.
AFP Sport looks at the match-ups, all of which are taking place in the United States.
France v Morocco
Imperious France have lived up to their billing as World Cup favourites, sweeping through the group stage and swatting aside Sweden before edging past Paraguay in the last 16.
It is difficult to see any team keeping Didier Deschamps’ men quiet, given their embarrassment of riches in attack, including Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola and the wonderfully creative Michael Olise.
But unbeaten Morocco will not be fazed by facing the two-time world champions after seeing off the Netherlands on penalties and crushing co-hosts Canada 3-0 in the last 16.
