By Victor Enyinnaya on December 17, 2022

Today, Africa’s history chasing team the Atlas Lions of Morocco will be on march again, this time on the centre stage as the continent’s representative try for size their Croatia opponent in a third-place match at the ongoing Qatar 2022 World Football Cup summit to determine who will pick the bronze medal which will thus make the winning team third best team in the World this term.

Although. to football pundits and analysts, it is widely regarded as losers’ final and therefore not being taken so important. But this one won’t be like the past.

However, this setting is so significant for African continent that one of her own has come thus far putting for the first time in the history of the “almighty” World Cup football tournament African country is on the verge of being crown as third best team in the world of football.

From the executive brief above you can vividly acknowledge the importance of this game to Morocco the continent’s able and worthy ambassador.

Morocco has done beautifully well in this year’s World Cup football festival. No analyst gave Africa chance of reaching even the second round of the competition and if any commentator stuck out his neck to say that definitely not Morocco.

But today the Northern African country sent stronger signal when it dismissed countries like former World Cup champions, Spain and then Portugal to attain this height.

We all know that it was not an easy road to travel for any team because the best gathered and only four survived from the lot and Morocco of all teams is here at this moment in a date with history. What a fate laced with determination, hard work, diligence, focus, first rate commitment etc as we have all seen today, where some of the many key points that saw the team at this prestigious stage of honour.

As Morocco confronts Croatia today it won’t be bread over an anchor butter. Everything is at stake especially pride and prestige. These things and more will bring both countries to real action and give fans that would throng the football arena to watch what will take out to be a spectacular of a third place World Cup third place game in Qatar 2022.

Without any prejudice. Morocco won’t take this match for granted if it re-enacts the kind of form that saw her to this stage. The team from Africa did not disappoint during that difficult game against the defending champions, French at the semi-final plus the hand of the match officials that did some hand of god magic to aid the defending kings in that better forgotten game.

Morocco held her own and if such is replayed today against yet another difficult side, Croatia a team that was runner up in the last World Cup. No gain saying that our Morocco is again in for a tough dual.

But book-makers are of the opinion that the Atlas Lions would be equal to the uphill task as the team has story to tell after her mission in Qatar 2022 World Cup encounter and so having such at both the front and back of the players, therefore they will go all out to prove that their run in the championship is no pretence.

Against that background therefore both teams will go down fighting to carry the day but for Croatia the stressful North African team will prove hard nut to crack.

If the officiating will be fair enough fans will enjoy the display, exchange and sundry from both teams to the fullest enroute the final on Sunday between France and Argentina. Morocco knew what is at stake and also that the entire African continent is behind her and therefore will not afford to lose focus and sight that the future of African football is currently on her hand and capability to do better cannot never be over emphasized too.

Croatia is no push over rather the country is widely regarded to as veteran of the World Cup. It has valuable players too who can turn bad situation to upbeat one. That is why it won’t be an easy one for both countries.  It anticipated that there will be no dull moment in today’s encounter of wits and brawns.

Daily Sports team prays that Morocco will be cool headed in this game as has been the case since the competition kicked-off and take this game as it comes and display those strong football arteries that we have hail the team for.

It is time for African continent through Morocco to emerge as third best team in a- 36- team format in 2022 World Cup extravaganza. Go, Morocco, Go and bring this highly prized gift to African soil for the first time.   

Source Daily Sports Nigeria

Posted December 17, 2022

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