Messi bets on Morocco's toughness to stop Mbappe's advance
The fight for the Golden Boot for the 2022 World Cup is raging between Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe, the highest scorer in World Cup, after skipping the third round of the tournament and reaching the semi-finals.
Mbappe leads the list of scorers with 5 goals, one against Australia, two goals in Denmark and the same in Poland, and missed scoring against Tunisia and England.
Messi is second with 4 goals, a goal in Saudi Arabia from the penalty kick, and represented him against Mexico, Australia and the Netherlands, and missed scoring against Poland.
The flea has never achieved the golden World Cup before, and his best version was the one held in Brazil 2014, where he scored 4 goals.
Similarly, the Frenchman has never won the award before, having scored 4 goals in Russia 2018.
The French and Argentine teams reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, as the tango dancers face Croatia on Tuesday, while the Roosters meet Morocco on Wednesday.
Perhaps the Argentine star's brilliance against Croatia is not enough to clinch the Golden Boot, but he also needs to stop Mbappe's march at Paris Saint-Germain to widen the gap between them.
The Roosters' attacking line, led by Kylian, collides with the barricades of Morocco coach Walid Regragui, who managed to fill all the gaps throughout his matches in the World Cup.
Mbappe's task is all the more difficult against Morocco, who proved to be the strongest defensive line in the tournament and the Atlas Lions have conceded only once with a reverse goal scored by Nayef Akrd in the group stage match against Canada.
Messi bets on Morocco's toughness to stop Mbappe's advance
This solidity is confirmed by the Lions' goalkeeper, the giant Yassine Bono, who failed the Spanish team during the round of 16 to score during the penalty shootout played after the original and extra time ended in a goalless draw.
On the other hand, Messi is trying to re-emerge by scoring one or more goals during his match against Croatia, who are considered less solid defensively than Morocco, having conceded 3 goals.
