📋 Rematch on the cards? France and Morocco line-ups confirmed | OneFootball

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is back!

And the first semifinalist will be decided this Thursday (9).

France and Morocco will face off from 5 p.m. (Brasília time) at Gillette Stadium in Boston.

It will be a rematch of the World Cup semifinal in Qatar, which ended with France advancing.

Whoever goes through will face Spain or Belgium.

Argentine referee Facundo Tello will be in charge.

TV Globo, SporTV, ge tv and CazéTV will broadcast the match.

France 🇫🇷

After topping their group with a perfect record, France knocked out Sweden (3-0) and Paraguay (1-0).

Didier Deschamps has Tchouaméni available again.

But he will start on the bench. The midfield pairing remains Koné and Rabiot.

After impressing off the bench in the quarterfinal qualification, Doué takes Barcola’s spot.

France’s lineup is: Maignan; Koundé, Saliba, Upamecano and Digne; Koné, Rabiot and Olise; Dembélé, Doué and Mbappé.

Koné, Barcola and Olise are one booking away from suspension.

Morocco 🇲🇦

The Atlas Lions reached the knockout stage as runners-up in the group topped by Brazil.

They eliminated the Netherlands on penalties and then Canada (3-0).

Morocco already has the best World Cup campaign ever by an African national team and is now chasing a second straight semifinal.

Mohamed Ouahbi will be without top scorer Ismael Saibari — Bayern’s new player — due to injury.

That secured Talbi a place in the starting XI.

Morocco’s lineup is: Bono; Hakimi, Diop, Eddine and Mazraoui; Bouaddi, El Aynaoui, Ounahi, El Khannouss and Talbi; Brahim Díaz.

There are five players one booking away from suspension: Hakimi, Diop, Ounahi, El Khannouss and Halhal.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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