Le Crunch. Will France end the Atlas Lions World Cup dream?
World Cup champions France play Morocco on Wednesday night in the 2nd semi final of the Qatar World Cup. The winners will face Argentina in Sunday night’s final.
In Arab nations, Morocco's exploits have captured people's imaginations during the first World Cup ever held in an Arab country.
Morocco has outdone expectations by beating a succession of much higher-ranked European teams - Belgium in the group stage and then Spain and Portugal in the knockout rounds. It has laid on more than a dozen extra flights to take fans to Qatar.
In France there is also mounting excitement ahead of tonight’s…
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