Deschamps remains in France, while Regragui left and Wahbi took over Morocco.

Morocco is preparing for a heavyweight clash against France this Thursday evening at Boston Stadium in the United States as part of the 2026 World Cup quarterfinals.

This match repeats for the second consecutive World Cup; the two teams previously met in the semifinals, where France prevailed 2-0.

Morocco dreams of reaching the World Cup semifinals for the second consecutive time, after achieving a historic feat in the 2022 edition as the first Arab and African team to reach that stage.

With the absence of Morocco's main striker Ismail Sabiri due to injury, coach Mohamed Wahbi is expected to start Soufiane Rahimi as the center forward.

Many press reports indicate that Morocco will start against France with the following lineup: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Issa Diop, Chadi Riyad, Noussair Mazraoui, Ayoub Bouaddi, Nael El Aynaoui, Azzedine Ounahi, Ibrahim Diaz, Bilal El Khannouss, Soufiane Rahimi.

Comparing this lineup to the one from the 2022 World Cup semifinal against France, only four players remain in their positions from that tournament.

These four are Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, and Azzedine Ounahi.

That Morocco lineup under coach Walid Regragui included other names such as Romain Saïss, Jawad El Yamiq, Achraf Dari, Hakim Ziyech, Noureddine Amrabat, Sofiane Boufal, and Youssef En-Nesyri.

On the other side, France enters today's match under the same technical leadership with Didier Deschamps as head coach, but there are many differences in the lineup compared to the 2022 World Cup.

France started the 2022 World Cup match against Morocco with a lineup including: Lloris, Koundé, Varane, Konaté, T. Hernandez, Tchouaméni, Fofana, Griezmann, Dembélé, Mbappé, Giroud.

It is likely that only three players from the 2022 lineup will feature today: Koundé, Dembélé, and Mbappé.

The rest of today's lineup, aside from this trio, is expected to include: Maignan, Saliba, Upamecano, Digne, Rabiot, Koné, Barcola, Olise.