The team have been debating the quality within the Morocco squad, comparing Brahim Diaz and Michael Olise of France. But it might be the Ismael Saibari-shaped hole that could be the problem for the Moroccans.
"So the assumption is that the offensive load will fall to Brahim Diaz, who's been directly involved in more goals than any other Morocco player over the last 12 months. He is not Michael Olise. He doesn't control the pace of game the way Olise does for France. That's more on Unahi and Budabi, but Diaz has been the last piece breakout for this Morocco team. There's been a really good sort of amplification of each other's skill sets between Brahim Diaz and Unahi because Diaz is more of a 1v1 artist and Unahi isn't that. He's a really complete central midfielder, but he's not doing the Olise stuff of beating guys off the dribble, but he understands the geometry of the game. But the pieces they have work together at an extremely high level and every piece makes the piece next to it better. And then you get these partnerships that make each other better. I would just be so much more confident or optimistic about Morocco's chances if Siberia was... Yeah, Rahimi has stepped in in place of Cypher. He's been good. He scored a goal in the last game. He scored against Haiti. He should have scored against Netherlands, but he has missed big chances. That's why I say that."
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The team have been debating the quality within the Morocco squad, comparing Brahim Diaz and Michael Olise of France. But it might be the Ismael Saibari-shaped hole that could be the problem for the Moroccans.