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The French trio will have to be careful
France face Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tomorrow night, Thursday, with 3 players facing suspension if they qualify for the semi-finals.
the radio reports “Monte Carlo” France coach Didier Deschamps has revealed that he will rely on his starting line-up, while some doubts remain over the fitness of Aurelien Choumini, who was ruled out of the game against Paraguay with a hamstring problem.
On the other hand, he will be able to rely on Manu Kone, who performed well in the round of 16 against Paraguay.
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But Kone will need to be careful as he was booked in the 81st minute of the last match, while Bradley Barcola and Michael Olissei were both cautioned in the same match.
It is usually difficult to provoke Mikael Olise, but Paraguayan player Matias Galarza managed to do it. In the seventh minute of the match, the referee showed a yellow card to the striker of the French national team, after an argument, during which he did not touch the Paraguayan player, the Monte Carlo network reports.
As a result, the French Football Federation submitted a request to cancel the fine the day after the match.
Today, Wednesday, during the press conference called by Didier Deschamps on the eve of the confrontation with Morocco, the coach confirmed that the yellow card received by Michael Olissey will remain valid. So Olissi, Kone and Barcola will potentially be in danger of missing the semi-finals if any of them receive a yellow card against Morocco.
If France qualify for the semi-finals to face either Spain or Belgium, Spain’s Ferran Torres could be the only one to miss the match after he was booked in stoppage time against Portugal in the round of 16, which Spain won 1-0.
As for Belgium, all of their players will be available after their big 4-1 win over USA.
