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Well, what can I say? Morocco are doing what everyone expected them to do, and Spain are labouring more than I expected them to. Didn't actually take a bet as I thought odds were too poor, so a draw is what the Africans would have loved, even if both sides could have won it at the death. Now we got 30 more minutes of extra time, expect this to be incredibly dull or incredibly exciting. Now the World Cup is feeling a lot more familiar haha.

The way I am seeing this Morocco and Spain quater finals, it is like the coach of Morocco wants to draw this match and go for penalty kick. The Morocco players are playing all attack and all defense. Many times I have seen Ziyech in the defense and you will also see him in any counter attack. Even Ziyech is tired. I am expecting the coach to make like 3 changes at a spot to continue the all attacks and all defence  strategy

I don't think Morocco needs prayers to defeat Spain in this match considering their performance in this tournament to be honest, Spain may have a lot of good players that are doing so well in their clubs in Europe but the performance of Morocco has been good so far and if they should continue with that performance they will end up breaking that record to move to the next stage which they have been longing to go.

It's been first half and I can attest that the performance of Morocco has been good despite them not having much control of the ball but they were able to make a notable attempt in the first half whereas the Spaniards didn't make any goal attempt. I hope they push more attacks and score a miracle goal as you prayed for so that they will make history even as we have seen a lot of changes in this tournament already. Good luck to team Morocco.

It is also my prayer for Morocco to win the match against Spain, but we must face the reality that Spain will be quite difficult to beat, considering that they have a lot of young capable and good players, but then, miracles do happen and if Saudi can beat Argentina in their opening match, then I believe it is possible for Morocco to beat Spain today, it is my wish but if I was betting, I would put my money on Spain, that just my honest truth.

Morocco and Spain are sharing the same boundary. One can stay in Morocco and be seeing the lights at Spain in night. There are best of friends and neighbors. And now Morocco is the only Africa team that is left in world cup at Qatar 2022. Let God favour Morocco in this game so that Africa name will go far in the tournament. Spain is in control of the ball but Morocco is also attacking, each sides has gotten one Short on target. Morocco is playing well. And they just missed a chance in the process of crossing the ball. Morocco might win the match.

OK, we will see. I hope my analysis turns out to be correct, because I do not just believe in Spain, but made a bet on them. And I would not call the Spanish national team inexperienced, there are many young players but also dinosaurs like Busquets. Perhaps this is the optimal combination for success. In general, I think that even if Spain has problems with defense, they can compensate for them with their line of attack, which looks very dangerous.

Well, all the African teams have not done well, in the first round they have all lost or tied, Cameroon has not done badly, they have tied, however I think they really need to show what they are made of, when compared to teams like Spain, Brazil, Portugal, are teams that have shown a lot of football and a high level, I believe a lot in the African teams, because their football is quite good, and seeing that all of them have done something regular well I think it is already It's time for them to shine and do a great job, it's something that is required of them and they want to get good results, I think that for the second round of matches they have to do much better.

I think that the hope now is Morocco, they have a great team, they are in the Round of 16 and if they are in the Round of 16 they should know that Spain will come out with everything to play, but Morocco has to be very intelligent, they have to come out with everything, not go in to defend Only, that is a mistake that African teams can have that only concentrate on defending, because that will be their end, Morocco has to go out to attack from the first second and attack, that they do not let the Spanish go out or anything, I think which is the best strategy they can use against them, Spain is reeling and this is the only option they have for the African continent to continue to have representation in the World Cup.




Morocco vs Spain - World Cup: Team news, lineups & prediction




Source: https://www.90min.com/posts/morocco-vs-spain-world-cup-team-news-lineups-prediction-06-12-22

Although Morocco is not a very strong team, their performance in every match of this World Cup has been very consistent. They have performed well in every match. And is still unbeaten in any match. Morocco also defeated a strong team like Belgium 2-0. Morocco is playing well, and their players are confident now. Morocco's opponent in the round of 16 is the strong Spain. Spain is an experienced team and strong. But it is not possible to defeat the Moroccan team easily. Morocco's defense is strong. Scoring will be challenging for Spain's players. I think the match will be very competitive.

Morocco topped the group because they were placed in a weak group along with Belgium, Croatia and Canada. Belgium is a strong team, but they were not in good form. Do you really think that they would have topped the group in case they were grouped with strong teams such as Brazil or England? That said, it is not impossible to defeat Spain. Already Japan proved that Spain is not invincible. In case Morocco manages to defeat Spain today, then they will be the only team outside Europe and South America to feature in the quarter-final stage.

Morocco has a slight chance because they are the only African team that topped a group in the tournament. Despite not having many world-class players on their squad, I believe their performance has been outstanding and they will do their best to play well against Spain. I wish them luck, despite the fact that, as you have stated, it will be a difficult game for them, but if they qualify, it will be something to be proud of as Africans.

Yea, I already knew that Senegal will not see the next round, it was so obvious because the England attack is so difficult to handle by any team. I did also compare the strength of Spain to that of England and England was at the higher end.
The Spain team is a better team than Morocco, but if Morocco can pay attention to their defence and try not to conceive in the first half, Spain will be in trouble.

Playing against Spain today will be a very difficult game for Morocco who happen to be the only African nation remaining in the competition. Facing Spain will be very tough and the only to defeat Spain is to balance all areas of the team, pick and capitalize on their weaknesses and take advantage of every chance Morocco gets. I'm hopeful Morocco will put up an amazing job.

Spain went down against one of the weakest teams in the tournament (Japan). So I would say that definitely there is a chance (irrespective of the betting odds). This match is going to be an emotional issue for both the teams as well (both the countries have tried to colonize each other in the past). Anyway, Morocco is the last remaining team from AFC/CAF having a chance to qualify to the QF stage. If they are defeated today, then the quarter-finals would feature teams solely from the CONMEBOL and UEFA confederations.

Morocco has not qualified for the round of 16 since 1986, and I do not think that it will exit from the current tournament early. Walid Regragui is a graduate of the Badou Zaki Academy, In his match against Spain, I expect him to put up a defensive formation and play on counterattacks. The Spanish national team has become difficult to dismantle the lanes, as for the defensive teams, so my bet tomorrow will be in favor of Morocco, with good odds @ 7.40 

African and Asian teams were aiming to qualify for the Round of 16. And they managed to do it. They even qualified for the Round of 16 by performing well against European teams. Morocco and Senegal are unfortunate to play against renowned and star-studded teams like England and Spain in the Round of 16. Playing against a relatively weaker team would have given them a chance to qualify for the quarter finals. I think African and Asian teams will be eliminated from the round of 16. In the quarters and semis we will see teams from Europe and America.

Most African teams came to the World Cup with a first objective which is to pass the group stage. Then depends from nations, some will try to progress to the round of 8. After that things become very hard for them. Although many European nations have plenty of African players, like France, but African teams have a lower quality of players performance.. Making players progress faster and better isn't that easy

I will go with @Docnaster here with his opinion of Spain this year not having the usual experienced team as we use to see them on most previous World Cups, if you say that they didn’t give their best on the match against Japan that’s not a reason because for few minutes when Costa Rica was winning against Germany, Spain was out of group stage if the score remained the same.
I believe Spain is just not strong enough this year and Morocco may have a great opportunity to win the match

Morocco is my favourite africa team, they might be kicked out from the game by Spain. Spain is a tough team and has better squad than Morocco,  it is very certain that spain will win Morocco if they meet. Morocco is the toughest Africa team.

In this world cup Africans did not perform well so many of them we thought that will do well for the contents they have them pick out from the knockout so it is remaining only Morocco which I don't know if they will survive with people they are playing with in the 16 round

Senegal did their best, but it wasn't good enough, in addition to the injury that deprived some of their players from playing, some of their players were suspended from that game because of yellow cards they picked up before that game. Correct me, but I feel Cameroon would have done better had they been the team to play against England. Morocco can win against Spain if they do their best to avoid early goals that is always demoralizing especially for the weaker teams when they are scored. While  Big teams react to being scored by being motivated to play more, not so big teams can find it demoralizing and very frustrating like all the things they planned for the game for long, did not work.