Antoine Griezmann shines as France faces Morocco in the semifinals

• Griezmann is tied with Fernandes and Kane for the lead with 3 assists.
• Les Bleus are set to play Morocco in the World Cup semi-finals.
• Morocco are the first African Arab team in FIFA World Cup to advance semifinals.

The two goals Antoine Griezmann assisted on on Saturday to help France defeat England and advance to the 2022 FIFA World Cup semifinals served as further proof that he is one of the competition’s top performers.

Les Bleus are getting closer to defending their world championship thanks to the Rojiblanco number “8,” which has already broken two World Cup records, the most recent of which occurred 60 years ago (Italy 1934-1938 and Brazil 1958-1962).

Midfielder Antoine Griezmann is tied with Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes and England’s Harry Kane for the lead with three assists after helping France defeat Denmark in the group stage.

Griezmann’s main competitors for the top assist title have already been disqualified, and France is set to play Morocco in the World Cup semi-finals at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. He now has 28 assists overall for Les Bleus, surpassing Thierry Henry’s 27 and Zinedine Zidane’s 26 thanks to his three assists.

Within his national team, Griezmann is the player with the most crosses (34), the most attempted breakaways (82) and the most successful line breaks (100). He also tops the overall ranks in Qatar for critical passes (17) and fantastic chances created (6). (63).

All of this occurs during his third World Cup after making his debut in Brazil in 2014, the summer before joining Atlético Madrid, and winning the World Cup in Russia in 2018. Griezmann will be crucial in helping France defeat Morocco, who have been the tournament’s underdog tale and have made a lot of noise thus far.

Youssef En-Nesyri is one of the most well-known players in Morocco’s squad because to the legendary goal that advanced his team to the semifinal matchup with Portugal (1-0). They are also the first African and Arab team in FIFA World Cup history to advance to the semifinals.

En-Nesyri, who participates in LaLiga much like Griezmann, is having a sensational World Cup. In reality, Youssef El-previous Arabi’s record for the most goals scored by a Moroccan in La Liga in a single season was broken by the 25-year-18 old’s goals thus far in the 2020–21 season.

En-Nesyri, a native of Fes, progressed through the youth ranks of Morocco’s most prominent football academy, the Mohammed VI Football Academy. His physicality and technical skills let him stand out by the time he was 17 years old, and Malaga CF signed him in 2015, launching his LaLiga career.

He first played for Málaga CF and CD Legans before switching to Sevilla FC in January 2020. En-Nesyri was crucial to Sevilla FC’s LaLiga Santander title hopes in his first season. His 18 goals that season netted the Hispalense team 19 points.

The Moroccan star became just the third Sevillista in history, behind Rafael Berrocal and Guillermo Campanal in the 1940s, to score hat tricks on back-to-back matchdays at Snchez-Pizjun in January 2021. His friendship with Kawasi, the “barber to the stars,” is well known. When Kawasi joined Malaga, where he is based, in 2015, he started trimming Youssef’s hair and has continued to do so ever since. He frequently shares on social media the pre-match hairstyles of En-Nesyri.

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