At 23:00 on December 17, Beijing time, the third place competition for the 2022 Qatar World Cup officially started. The two dark horse teams of this World Cup directly started a strong dialogue. The grid army led by Magic Flute against Atlas Lions Morocco. Although the third and fourth finals are a bit useless, I believe this will still be a very interesting game.
Croatia and Morocco are in Group F in this World Cup. Now think about it, this group is really a hidden dragon and a creeping tiger. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an absolute death group. Therefore, Red Devils Belgium was eliminated in this group, which is actually not unpopular. Morocco entered the World Cup quarterfinals with the top spot in Group F, while Croatia, the plaid team, qualifying with Morocco, was second in Group F. In the group stage, the two teams tied 0:0. Now, the two teams meet again in the third place in the World Cup again, which is really a unique feeling in their hearts.
The two teams met again, who could finally laugh to the end? Let’s first compare the overall strength of the two teams. In the world rankings, Croatia ranks 12th, while Morocco ranks 22nd. From the perspective of world rankings, the Grid Army is obviously dominant; compared with the team's value, the total value of Croatia is 350 million euros, while the total value of Morocco is 240 million euros. Judging from the team's value, the Grid Army still has the advantage.
Let’s compare the lineups of the two teams. Although Croatia is not a big team, there are also world-class players such as Modric , B Ronaldo, Perisic, Kovacic , etc.; and in the Moroccan team, except for Ashraf , Ziyech, and Mazravi , most of them are unknown.
So, from the above three dimensions, Croatia is undoubtedly better overall. In view of this, the outside world is also generally optimistic that Croatia can beat the Atlas Lions Morocco and win the third place in this World Cup. However, the author believes that Morocco is more likely to defeat Croatia in an upset and laugh to the end.
There are two reasons. First, Morocco is younger in terms of age structure, while Croatia is a bit old. Several core players in the Croatian formation, such as B Ronaldo and Perisic, are all in their 30s, and the absolute core Modric is as high as 37 years old. After the first six attrition battles, especially the three difficult knockout matches, their physical fitness has reached a critical point and has almost become the last.
Second, from the perspective of mind, Morocco will have a greater desire to win. Croatia was the runner-up in the last World Cup, so they don’t care whether they win the third place in the World Cup. Morocco is the first African team to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup, and its morale is unprecedentedly high. In order to take a step further in this World Cup, they will definitely make a contribution to Croatia. Judging from their game with the French team, this team definitely has the combat effectiveness of overturning the lattice legion.
So, the author finally made a bold prediction, this game Atlas Lions Morocco may resolve the battle within 90 minutes of regular time. It is predicted that Morocco will defeat the Gate Army 2:1 and win the third place in this World Cup.
