Last Updated on 12/13/2022 by てんしょく飯
The Qatar World Cup semi-finals will be held on December 13 and 14 (local time) to determine the finalists. France, seeking to become the third team in history to win back-to-back World Cup titles, will face Morocco, the first African nation to make the top four after beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.
France was strong in the storm.
On December 11, U.S. broadcaster FOX Sports focused on France, which defeated England 2-1 in the quarterfinals. In their article on the semifinals, they included an interesting statement.
France has never lost a World Cup match in which Kylian Mbappe has started. Impossibly, 10 games,” he wrote, referring to the 23-year-old’s immense presence at the helm of Les Bleus.
Mbappe made his first appearance at the last World Cup in Russia at the age of 19, scoring four goals in seven games (six starts) to help his country win its second World Cup. And now, with five goals in five games (four starts), he is the top scorer in the tournament and within striking distance of the title of top scorer.
In fact, the third game of the 2018 group stage against Denmark was a draw when Mbappe was not in the starting lineup. The team also suffered a 0-1 blackout against Tunisia (where he started the second half), the only time he has failed to start in this tournament. This data shows the importance of the presence of the ace.
He added, “France won the World Cup despite giving up two penalties to England in 90 minutes. This is the first time in history that France has won a World Cup despite giving up two penalties in 90 minutes to England,” said the station, which also praised the team’s strength as a team, even though luck was on their side.
ESPN, a U.S. sports channel, quoted Hugo Lloris, who is attending his fourth World Cup as a guardian god, as saying after the game, “France was strong in the storm,” and praised the resilience of Les Bleus, which overcame England, the favorite to win the tournament.
In the history of the World Cup, only two countries, Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962), have won the tournament in consecutive years. Will France be able to make their mark on World Cup history? The World Cup in Qatar will finally reach its climax.
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