For 36 long years, fans of the Moroccan national team have been waiting for their team to reach the playoffs of the World Cup. Thanks to a good result in Group F, where the team took first place, Valid Regraga’s men have not lost in four World Cup matches in a row. The mentor of the African squad urged his players to aim for the sky and dream of lifting the famous trophy and why not? In addition, today’s nominal hosts could become the first African nation since Cameroon in 1990 to go five consecutive games unbeaten in a World Cup final. At the group stage, the Moroccans got two wins over Belgium (2:0) and Canada (2:1), while conceding only once. It was due to reliable defense that the result was obtained, while the Atlas Lions can already have a sixth clean sheet in the last seven meetings. Hakim and Ziyech, who have a knee injury, will not be able to play today.
Spain scored the first goal within the first 15 minutes of 3 of the last 4 matches, which poses a difficult task for Morocco to contain the starting onslaught of the enemy. La Roja will strive to break through the impenetrable stage of the 1/8 finals, from where the Orange-Reds have not made their way further since 2010. It was then that the Red Fury managed to get the only World Cup crown. However, the seventh FIFA ranked team has never lost in the last three face-to-face matches and in the previous five matches against African teams, the Spaniards have never lost. By the way, Spain suffered the only defeat from the representatives of the “black continent” in 1998. It was in that memorable duel that the current coach Luis Enrique entered the field as part of the team. More todays football predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
