{"id":4285,"date":"2026-07-04T23:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:39:40","slug":"foxboroughs-final-world-cup-match-is-a-quarterfinal-between-genuine-world-powers-and-tournament-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4285","title":{"rendered":"Foxborough\u2019s final World Cup match is a quarterfinal between genuine world powers and tournament contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Morocco and France are headed back to Foxborough, with a spot in the World Cup semifinals on the line Thursday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4283\">Alexandra Eala upsets defending champion Iga Swiatek in third round at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Saturday\u2019s pair of round-of-16 matches determined the pairing for the seventh and final tournament game at Gillette Stadium, and the result is both a meeting of world powers and a rematch from four years ago in Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Houston, the Moroccans recovered from a sloppy first half to decisively put away co-host Canada, 3-0. France then needed nearly 70 minutes to crack the Paraguayan defense which ousted Germany last week, but finally did so via a Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 penalty, then hung on to win, 1-0, in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4281\">Kyle Larson looks to break winless drought as NASCAR returns to Chicagoland<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Each team has been based in the Northeast \u2014 France at Bentley University in Waltham, Morocco outside of Newark \u2014 and played in Foxborough during the group stage. Morocco\u2019s Ismael Saibari scored just 70 seconds into The Atlas Lions\u2019 second match, the lone goal of a 1-0 victory over Scotland on June 19. The following Friday, Les Blues clinched Group I with a definitive 4-1 victory over Norway, which essentially conceded the result by sitting its starters. (Norway can reach the quarters on Sunday, but will need to beat five-time champions Brazil.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s the highest-powered matchup of the tournament so far by world ranking \u2014 France was No. 3 in FIFA\u2019s final pre-Cup numbers, Morocco No. 7. It\u2019s also a rematch from the 2022 semifinals, when Achraf Hakimi largely contained Mbapp\u00e9, but France still won, 2-0, to end Morocco\u2019s run as the first African semifinalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4279\">How the Juliet House shattered my fantasies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco and France each won on Saturday, setting up a 4 p.m. Thursday kickoff without parallel so far in the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Foxborough\u2019s final World Cup match is a quarterfinal between genuine world powers and tournament contenders - 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