PSG teammates and good friends. Kylian Mbappe and Acharaf Hakimi, will face each other at the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final as France take on Morocco.
Kylian Mbappé is going to meet his good friend Achraf Hakimi again at this World Cup. Not like the first time in Qatar last week, when the France star went to visit his Paris Saint-Germain teammate at the Morocco team hotel in downtown Doha. (More Football News)
On Wednesday, Mbappé will be marked by Hakimi in a World Cup semifinal 바카라 his path to Morocco바카라s well-defended goal down the French left wing blocked by a player he rates highly.
바카라ACHRAF HAKIMI. BEST RB IN THE WORLD,바카라 Mbappé wrote in English on his Twitter account in January, referring to the right back position Hakimi occupies for club and country.
It is a high-level duel as both approach a World Cup summit that would be historic for either team.
Mbappé versus Hakimi 바카라 the tournament바카라s top scorer with five goals in five games against the standout talent in the tournament-best defense that has conceded just once, and it was an own-goal.
It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship when the Moroccan player joined Mbappé at PSG in July 2021 from Inter Milan for a transfer fee reported to be 60 million euros ($63 million).
Two young men born within several weeks of each other in 1998 바카라 just a few months after France won its first World Cup title 바카라 soon got along.
Hakimi has talked of how they share the same tastes in music and video games, and that Mbappé helps his Madrid-born friend learn French.
Hakimi is a devout Muslim and for the Eid Mubarak holiday this year they teamed up for a video shared by their club. Hakimi guided Mbappé, who has family ties to Morocco바카라s north African neighbor Algeria, through tasting food from the Arab region.
On the field for the French champion, they have a series of rehearsed handshakes and goal celebrations. Playing for PSG gives them many opportunities.
바카라It바카라s easy to play with a player like him,바카라 Hakimi has said of Mbappé. 바카라To give him the ball, knowing that he will make the difference.바카라
Mbappé has been the difference at this World Cup, especially when he score twice in wins over Denmark in the group stage and Poland in the round of 16.
In the quarterfinals on Saturday, Mbappé was kept in check about as much as is possible by England바카라s speedy right back Kyle Walker. He got just one clear shooting chance that went high and wide.
Still, he was involved in the move that led to France바카라s first goal in a 2-1 win and the decisive late winner followed a corner on the left flank that he helped create.
Morocco바카라s defense has stood like an immovable force and all its European opponents so far 바카라 Croatia, Belgium, Spain and Portugal 바카라 failed to score in four full games plus extra time for the Spanish.
Hakimi has helped limit Morocco바카라s opponents to just 10 goal attempts on target combined, according to FIFA post-game statistics. Canada got an own-goal from defender Nayef Aguerd in a 2-1 win for Morocco.
Mbappé, meanwhile, has had 10 shots on target just by himself for a France team whose 11-goal total is the best of the four semifinalists.
At Al Khor Stadium on Wednesday, Mbappé continues pursuing his goal of being the youngest player besides Pelé to have two World Cup titles. France can become the first to retain its title since Pelé and Brazil in 1962.
Hakimi wants to be among the first African players to reach a World Cup final. That would be against either Croatia or Argentina, whose star Lionel Messi also plays for Qatar-owned PSG. May the best friend win.