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France's path to the World Cup semi-final runs through the next 90 minutes in Spain or Belgium

Les Bleus are through to the last four. French fans on Thursday had preferences about who replaces Morocco — and a fresh read on what this tournament has shown about Europe's footballing order.

A two-panel political cartoon illustration showing hands pouring pills into Spain- and Morocco-labeled cans labeled "GAZA," and a hand offering a scroll to figures on a divided Spanish map.
A two-panel political cartoon illustration showing hands pouring pills into Spain- and Morocco-labeled cans labeled "GAZA," and a hand offering a scroll to figures on a divided Spanish map. @alalamfa · Telegram

The Monexus desk treats this as a fan-economy and tournament-structure story rather than a tactical preview: the most durable signal in the source material is not the football itself but the preference data and the continental distribution of the final eight — read together, a small data point on where the centre of gravity in world football actually sits, regardless of the marketing copy.

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