Quote from: TheGreatPython on Today at 08:06:01 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on Today at 06:55:13 PM

I have got what I wanted from the consolation game today. I was expecting Croatia to be the winner against Morocco after a competitive game. Morocco didn't have as many goal attempts as their opponent maybe but they still managed to keep the score at the level they would like. They were really quick about an answer to Gvardiol's goal.

However Orsic's marvelous goal to the right corner sealed the deal for Croatia. I think both of these teams deserve appreciations because of their big efforts so far. Especially Morocco have become the first team reaching the semi finals in Africa continent for the first time.

After losing against France moral was down, and they were surely not settled as they started this event and Croatia take good advantage of this all and win this match for the third spot which is good achievement for them because they deserve this win after having very good performance in this world cup even Morocco was also at the top of his game but still they need more experience for having better results in big games their this event was still one of the best for them because after many years we have team like this from Africa which done amazing stuff and beat few top rank teams in world hopefully they will keep this momentum, and we will be able to have them into next event as well with this same level performance.

Morocco's performance was not what I had anticipated. The desire to defeat Croatia wasn't present in the game. Even so, both teams competed as if winning the bronze medal didn't mean much for their team or name. Their quarter-final defeats demoralize them to give us good football to watch.

Having said that, a hearty round of applause for Morocco, the first country from Africa to break the curse of Africans making it to the world semifinals. Even though they lost to Croatia, they gave a fantastic performance that deserves to be recognized.