Morocco will play a historic match against Croatia for the third place, which would make them the best African team ever. The organizers in Qatar will surely do everything to make Morocco the third team at the World Cup, it is said that they gave them free tickets for the match against France, and they will probably do that for this match with Croatia. FIFA appointed a referee from Qatar for this match, which is very strange considering that an Arab will judge the Arabs?! All in all, this will be a tough game like the one in the groups, when they played without goals and almost didn't create any chances in the game. The third place although it doesn't look attractive because being third in the world is no small thing. According to bookmakers, Croatia is the favorite, but this will be anything but an easy game. Croatia's strongest point, control in midfield will again be crucial. The evergreen Luca Modric alongside Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic were able to dictate the tempo of the game, frustrating the Moroccan along the way. But apart from the four goals against Canada, Croatia was not lethal in attack. As for the Moroccans, they are the real surprise of this world championship. Having only been hired just over 3 months ago, it has been truly remarkable what Walid Regragui has done with this team in terms of organization and defensive solidity. Morocco has conceded just once in the entire tournament and that was an own goal. Not one opposition player has been able to breach the Atlas Lions' backline and they've come up against some superstars of world football, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Kevin De Bruyne. Morocco will concede possession and sit deep in a low block, but they have also shown the ability to spring dangerous counter-attacks. Both national teams will certainly not rush to the goal, but as far as attacking performance is concerned, I think the Moroccans showed more than the Croats. Hakim Ziyech and Sofiane Boufal will certainly cause a lot of problems for the Croatia team and their quick transition from defense to attack was an unsolvable enigma for all the national teams in Qatar. We saw against France that they are very dangerous when they attack and I expect them to offer strong resistance in the fight for bronze. Croats are the favorites, but I think that Morocco is underestimated in this game and I think that they will not lose in the regular part. Therefore bet falls on Morocco not to lose this game in 90 minutes.
