- Updates from the second semi-final, kick-off 7pm GMT
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Morocco was under French rule between 1912 and 1956, which adds another layer to tonight’s match. Quite how that layer will manifest, we don’t yet know. The relationship is complicated, not least because a couple of Moroccan players – and their coach Walid Regragui – were born in France. I don’t know enough about the subject to comment on it, and it’s got nothing to do with the fact I’m terrified of saying the wrong thing and being cancelled before kick-off.
“Would Uruguay in 1950 count as a shock winner?” says Julian Menz. “There have also been ’shock’ finalists… Sweden in 1958 spring to mind.”
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