The final table: Les Bleus will challenge Morocco in the semi-finals, unexpected and unprecedented

You had to be a diviner to plan such a poster. But this World Cup is no longer a surprise and it is therefore a poster as new as it is unexpected that the Blues will play on Wednesday against Morocco (8 p.m.). Unpublished because the two nations have never met in the World Cup.

In their history, the two selections have crossed swords five times, five times in friendly. The balance sheet leans in favor of the Habs for three wins and two draws. The last confrontation dates back to 2007, for a draw where the scorers were called Sidney Govou and Samir Nasri.

4th semi-final of the last 7 editions

The stakes will be quite different at Al-Bayt Stadium on Wednesday. For the Blues, this last square is starting to look more and more like a sweet habit. This is the 7th semi-final that the French selection will play in the World Cup in its history. But it is above all the fourth since 1998, that is to say four presences in seven editions.

Note that in this last four, there are only two former winners: Argentina (1978, 1986) and France (1998, 2018). Morocco and Croatia still have a clean record in this competition.