World Cup 2022: Belgium vs Morocco team news and line-ups from Group F game

The followers are excited for this one. Kick off is at 1pm and Roberto Martinez will likely be hoping his Belgium aspect enhance on their opening efficiency this afternoon.

Jurgen Klinsmann desires to talk to Iran coach Carlos Queiroz in a bid to calm the state of affairs between them, after the Portuguese took exception to feedback the German made about his team.

Queiroz referred to as for Klinsmann to resign from his function as a member of Fifa’s Technical Study Group in a Twitter thread posted on Saturday after the 1990 World Cup winner spoke about how Iran had deployed gamesmanship and “worked the referee” throughout their win over Wales on Friday.

Queiroz referred to as the remarks “outrageous” and a “disgrace to football”.

Klinsmann has additionally confronted wider criticism for his remarks, which had been made throughout punditry for the BBC, and sought to easy the waters in an interview with BBC Breakfast on Sunday.

Japan arrived in Qatar hoping to atone for his or her most notorious of visits to this nation, when a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Iraq on impartial floor in the course of the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup denied them their first-ever place at a finals. There have been seven consecutive {qualifications} since – a outstanding rise to turning into a longtime footballing nation – but when they depart with out reaching the knock-out levels of this event, they are going to be left to lament this defeat as their new ‘Tragedy of Doha’.

After their distinctive win within the first spherical of group video games, to not point out Costa Rica’s 7-0 defeat, this was an opportunity for Japan to all however safe a spot within the last-16 and pile stress on Germany earlier than their assembly with Spain later this night. Instead, Keysher Fuller’s 81st-minute winner has turned Group E on its head and produced a believable state of affairs the place all 4 sides go into the ultimate spherical stage on factors.

Hajime Moriyasu could attempt to look on the brilliant aspect and philosophise that three factors after two video games is par for the course. But within the chilly actuality of a World Cup, whereas witnessing Moriyasu and his gamers bow apologetically to their supporters on the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, the one conclusion to be drawn from a scrappy contest with a sensational end is that his aspect have wasted the golden alternative that beating Germany introduced.

Belgium’s victory within the group stage of the 1994 World Cup is the one aggressive assembly between these sides.

The Red Devils have received their final eight World Cup group-stage matches to equal the event report achieved by Brazil on two events (1986-1994 and 2002-2010).

Morocco have received solely two of their 17 World Cup matches (D6, L9). They claimed victories of their last group stage fixture in 1986 (3-1 towards Portugal) and 1998 (3-0 towards Scotland).

They have solely reached the knockout part on the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.

Costa Rica finish a seven-match winless run on the World Cup (D4-L3). Their final World Cup victories dated again to the 2014 group stage: towards Uruguay (3-1) and Italy (1-0) respectively.

After a poor efficiency towards Canada which fortunately noticed them win 1-0 Belgium will qualify for the final 16 if additionally they defeat Morocco turning into simply the second team, after France, to take action.

This is a gut-punching stat for followers of Japan.

Japan had 11 photographs within the second half, no objectives.

Costa Rica had one shot, one aim.

If Germany defeat Spain within the 7pm match tonight then all 4 groups in Group E can have three factors and qualification will likely be determined within the last group video games in the course of the week.

Reaction from Costa Rica’s shock victory to return as build-up begins for Belgium’s match vs Morocco. Here’s a take a look at the 2 lin-ups:

Belgium XI: Courtois; Meunier, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Castagne; Witsel, Onana; Thorgan Hazard, De Bruyne, Eden Hazard; Batshuayi

Morocco XI: Bounou, Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui, Amrabat, Ounahi, Amallah, Ziyech, En Nesyri, Boufal