Africa’s hopes for Qatar 2022 rest with Morocco when they take on Spain

One of the cut-off posters for this World Cup’s round of 16 features Morocco versus Spain. The Africans are ready for a massive soccer upset as they take on a young but determined Spanish team in Qatar’s round of 16. This is similar to how they did against another powerhouse.

As Cameroon, Tunisia, Ghana, and most recently Sénégal all crashed out of the ongoing FIFA World Cup competition in Qatar, Morocco remains the last hope for an entire continent. The difficult task of defeating Spain will fall to the Moroccans, who have qualified for the knockout round for the first time in 36 years. Already, it appears that this round’s most thrilling encounter will be this one.

At the Education City Stadium, the Atlas Lions take on Spain in a match that might be challenging for Luis Enrique and his team.

Morocco made a grand entrance at this point. Walid Regragui’s team earned their first place with victories over Belgium, Canada, and a tie against Croatia. Spain lost to Japan, which caused them to finish second in their group.

La Roja had a fantastic start to the tournament, defeating Costa Rica 7-0, before sharing the victory with Germany and falling to Japan.

The most recent match between Morocco and Spain took place in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, with a score of 2 all.

The match is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6 at Education City Stadium.

Bounou, Hakimi, Sass, Aguerd, Mazraoui, Ounahi, Amrabat, Sabiri, Ziyech, En-Nesyri, and Boufal make comprise the likely starting lineup for Morocco.

The Spain team’s potential starting lineup

Rodri, Simon – Azpilicueta, Laporte, Gavi, Busquets, Pedri, Morata, and Dani Olmo are the players for Alba.