The first quarter-final of the World Cup sees an repeat of the 2022 semi-final which sees France take on Morocco at the Boston Stadium, Foxborough on Thursday at 9pm (UK Time).

For France, it is the tenth time that they have reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, their fourth in a row.

For Morocco, it is the second time in a row that they have the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Live on ITV.

How do we see this one going?

Last 3 Meetings between France and Morocco:

14/12/2022- France 2-0 Morocco (World Cup)

16/11/2007- France 2-2 Morocco (Friendly)

06/06/2000- Morocco 1-5 France (Hassan II Tournament)

France: Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, Digne, Kone, Rabiot, Dembele, Olise, Doue, Mbappe.

Subs: Samba, Gusto, Tchouameni, Thuram, Kante, Konate, Zaire Emery, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Hernandez, Mateta, Risser, Cherki, Akliouche, Lacroix, Barcola.

Morocco: Bounou, Hakimi, Diop, Mazraoui, Saleh-Eddine, Bouaddi, El Aynaoui, Diaz, Ounahi, Talbi, El Khannous.

Subs: Mohamedi, Tagnaouti, Amrabat, Saadane, Saibari, El Ouahdi, El Mourabet, Yassine, Sbai, Belammari, El Kaabi, Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Halhal, Riad, Rahimi.

Game's very slowed down.

Penalty to France, Mazraoui fouls Mbappè.

Oh dear that was an poor penalty from Mbappè.

What was that!

Five minutes of added time to endure in this first half.

Issa Diop booked for Morocco.

Mbappè now draws level with Messi on 8 for the Golden Boot, 1-0 France.

Dembelé doubles France's lead, 2-0 France.

Oh now we got a proper game going, been well boring up til now

2 minutes ago, Henessy Lake said:

Oh now we got a proper game going, been well boring up til now

Indeed, especially the first half.

Saibari was a massive miss for Morocco. They didn’t look threatening at all without him.

Yeah France deserved to win that match. Morocco didn’t look flattering playing against them. 😭

A third World Cup title continues to look inevitable for France.

Even without Saibari I expected Morocco to at least go for it a bit more. Especially when 2-0 down it was like they were protecting goal difference as if it was a league match. Who cares if they end up losing 5-0, they should have gone all out attack like Argentina did vs Egypt.