Morocco take on the visitors Croatia in the round 1 match of group stage of FIFA World Cup 2022. The match will be played on Wednesday, November 23rd at Al Bayt Stadium (Al Khor).
Morocco can now boast of a fairly strong and even stellar line-up. At the gate, obviously, will be Bunu from Sevilla. In defense, you can expect the captain of the current team, experienced Saiss, summer newcomer to West Ham Agerd and Mazraoui, who moved from Ajax to Bayern. The curb will be surfed by Hakimi, who is considered by many to be the best in the position. In the center of the field will be Amrabat and Sabiri, who play in Serie A. Well, in the attack group there is a real scattering of talents: En-Nesiri, Bufal, Ziyech. At the same time, this generation did not really show anything at the continental level. In winter, at CAN, The Atlas Lions managed to reach only the quarterfinals, where we still lost to Egypt 1-2 (before that there was a strong-willed victory with the same score of Malawi). But it was possible to qualify for the world championship for the 2nd time in a row - before that, nothing like this had happened since the 90s. In 2018, in Russia, the representative of Africa limited himself to the group stage. Now the Lions have confidently dealt with DR Congo: 1-1 away, 4-1 at home.
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Croatia twice with an interval of a couple of decades were able to achieve striking success in the world forums. In 1998, the young team managed to get into the semi-finals - the hosts of that forum, France, did not let them go higher. Exactly 2 decades later, they played with the “Gallic roosters” again, but already in the decisive match of the World Cup. We lost again, but the “silver” became a new national record. Against this background, many experienced Croats decided to leave the international arena at such a peak. In general, Zlatko Dalic coped with the task of partially rejuvenating the squad (although partially “that” generation is still important, what Modric is worth). Yes, those who say that the new names, including Vlasic, have not yet reached the level of the retired. This is associated with the defeat at the Euro already in the 1/8 finals (although they managed to win back a deficit of 2 goals with Spain, but then they didn’t find the strength for extra time), and a difficult qualification pass, where they took the 1st place from the Russians only in last round. But, on the other hand, in the Nations League, this year, the Croats were able to score 13 points in the company with Austria, Denmark and even France, eventually winning their quartet.
Before that, Morocco and Croatia had never met each other. Which is not strange, because the "checkered" not so long ago began to play separately from Yugoslavia, and the "lions" at the beginning of this century were in decline. Morocco has a good squad, but Croatia has a lot of experience. Players in both national teams and clubs are cut for maximum goals. We recommend betting on the fact that Zlatko Dalic's wards will be able to win this match.
Prediction for the match: Croatia to win.
