July 4, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.; France's Kylian Mbappe, Lucas Digne, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba and Marcus Thuram celebrate after the match.Mandatory Credit: James Lang-Imagn Images (James Lang-Imagn Images)France is the current favorite to win the World Cup, but they have to get past a very strong Moroccan team today.
There are a number of stars on this French team, one that has so many good players it is hard to see them losing.They have one of the best scorers in Kylian Mbappe, and they have another strong scorer and offensive threat in Ousmane Dembele.
There aren't too many teams that have multiple threats on offense, but the French team does.That doesn't even count all of the major players on defense who have combined to allow just two goals this World Cup.Kylian Mbappe blasts 'despicable' Paraguayan senator over vile 'colonized Cameroonian' slurIn order to get to this spot in the tournament, Senegal was the first team that France disposed of.
This was not a clean sheet as they did allow one goal, but they won with relative ease.From there, they dominated an over matched Iraq team and played Norway without their best player.
In the Round of 32, France had a bit of trouble before breaking the game open against Sweden, winning 3-0.Paraguay gave France all they could handle before the Frenchmen took it 1-0.July 4, 2026; Houston, Texas, U.S.; Morocco's Brahim Diaz and teammates celebrate after the match as Morocco qualify for the quarter final stage of the World Cup.
(Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images)Morocco is facing a tough battle as they are not the favorite to win this game, and if you believe conspiracy theories, FIFA does not want them to win.We saw some questionable whistles, calls, and other things go against Egypt as they played Argentina.
You have to wonder if the organization does the same thing here to keep France in it.Although France really shouldn't need any help.
That isn't to dismiss Morocco.I very much like their team and ha...