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Panellists, including Former Malaysia Football Association (FAM) Technical Director Peter De Roo, Former Malaysia National Football Development Programme (NFDP) Technical Director Saad Ichalalene and editor Haresh Deol, agreed that France would beat Morocco in the World Cup 2022 finals.
Haresh said realistically, he wished there was a fairy tale ending to the Moroccans’ adventure.
“It is amazing that the team has pretty much united so many people in so many ways but France deserve to be in the final,” he said.
Peter said the Morocco team displays a great attitude, but France hardly has any weak spots.
“The (Morocco) players have been displaying absolute examples of good attitude but also keeping control of their behaviour and have been extremely focused.
“But in the end, I think the lack of scoring ability and the fact that France has hardly any weak spots, I think at some point they (France) will find the gap,” Peter said.
Echoing other panellists’ views, Saad also agreed that France would finally put an end to Morocco’s winning streaks because he doubted the Moroccan team's fitness level for the match against France.
“The level of fitness is something that has been debated. Today, again, the (Morocco) coach said, ‘we are not tired'. This is the second time he said that.
“Usually if you have to say that and to repeat it, it shows that maybe you are not that confident about that,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the live programme host Rizal Hashim remained optimistic about Morocco winning the match.
“Yeah, anything is possible, but maybe the match will be determined by a penalty shoot-out and Morocco to win again,” he added.