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Tough task for the Atlas Lions
Morocco continues its wonderful journey at the World Cup and looks to strengthen its position as a strong contender against the most popular candidate teams against hosts Canada, who are experiencing an exceptional journey that does not want to end, writes the Spanish “Marca”.
“Morocco’s next step is to overcome the field and crowd factors and eliminate one of the three host teams,” adding that “Canada is proving to be a much stronger opponent than expected, and facing one of the highly-regarded teams in this tournament is the biggest challenge facing Team Canada.”
“Marca” explains: Coach Jesse Marsh’s men arrive at their highest morale following a thrilling Round of 32 victory over South Africa thanks to Eustaquio’s goal, noting that “they only lack Kone in midfield, while they have a strong forward pairing of Jonathan David and Oluwasi”.
“Even the goals scored by Larin in the group stage did not shake the confidence of the Canadian coach in the forward pair, with a high competitive spirit that taught them to compete with unprecedented strength in this tournament.
Marca noted that “with Senegal and Ivory Coast out, Morocco stand out as Africa’s best hope for a major breakthrough in this World Cup match”, stressing that “Morocco are no longer surprise opponents but are now expected to be among the most popular teams”.
The paper states that “the possibility of facing their arch-rivals France in 2022 is an added boost for coach Wehbe’s men, who will field a starting line-up that Moroccan fans know by heart”, explaining that “Morocco will rely on the brilliance of Bono and Achraf to provide the team’s attacking third under Ibrahim.” Bouadi and Sibari as the most outstanding players of the African team.”
