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L’Equipe Ole Gazzetta Newspaper Player Ratings France vs Morocco 2026 World Cup- Saliba, Mazraoui, Bouaddi & others

Here is a look at the world sports newspaper player ratings for France vs Morocco in their 2026 World Cup quarter-final match. The game was refereed by an all-Argentine panel, and France won 2-0 to advance to the semis.

Ole Argentine newspaper player ratings France vs Morocco 2-0 2026 World Cup

Argentine sports newspaper Ole had some pretty harsh ratings for most of the Moroccan players bar goalkeeper Bono. Hakimi got a 3/10 while the midfield pairing of Bouaddi and El Aynaoui got a 4/10. They thought Bouaddi’s Roma club mate Manu Kone outplayed him- he got a 7/10 for France.

Arsenal’s Saliba was sold in defence for the French according to them, while Chelsea’s Gusto made a very late appearance off the bench. Man United’s Mazraoui filled in at CB for Morocco in this game.

Morocco player ratings quarter final world cup 2026

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xG Netherlands vs Morocco World Cup 2026- Expected Goals Holland Morocco Match Stats

Here is a look at the Netherlands vs Morocco xG (expected goals) stats from their Round of 32 game. Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands were beaten on penalties by Morocco.

xG Netherlands 0.25-1.27 Morocco shots map (Actual score NED 1-1 MAR)

1-0 Gakpo goal xG 0.11
1-1 Issa Diop header goal xG 0.08

The biggest chance on xG in this Netherlands Morocco game went to Soufiane Rahimi (xG 0.72 in the 97th minute) that was brilliant saved by Verbruggen.

The Dutch created virtually nothing else of note- their goal came on the counter from Gakpo while Morocco had a header from El Aynaoui (20th minute, saved by Verbruggen), Hakimi from the edge of the area (21st minute, saved by Verbruggen) and Hakimi again (52nd minute, hits bar) as decent chances.

xG Netherlands vs Morocco 2026 World Cup

Key match stats

Possession: Netherlands 30%, Morocco 70%
Total shots: Netherlands 6, Morocco 11

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Video Sofyan Amrabat red card vs South Africa 2024 Africa Cup of Nations- VAR call foul on Mokoena

This Sofyan Amrabat red card vs South Africa saw the Morocco midfielder sent off in stoppage time. The referee originally gave him a second yellow card, but he was briefly recalled to the pitch for a VAR check. However that resulted in the ref directly giving him a red card, and Tebogo Mokoena scored from the resulting free kick to put Bafana in the quarterfinals.

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