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France beat Morocco 2-0 to advance to World Cup final

By Hoang Nguyen       DEC. 15, 2022

Goals by Kolo Muani and Theo Hernandez sent France to the 2022 World Cup final, where they will face Argentina.

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  • 90'+6
    Game over

    France won 2-0 against Morocco with goals from Hernandez and Muani. Argentina are waiting for them in the final!

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    France players celebrate after the World Cup 2022 semifinal with Morocco as France progress to the final, Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar, December 14, 2022 December 15, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

  • 90'

    The second half has six additional minutes. France are close to the final.

  • 80'
    2-0 for France!

    In his first touch after coming on, Muani scored. Thuram and Mbappe tore Morocco's defense up with their great dribbling skill. Mbappe managed to squeeze out a pass from a tight space for Muani, who easily tapped it in.

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    France's Randal Kolo Muani celebrates scoring their second goal as Morocco's Yassine Bounou and Yahya Attiat-Allah react in their World Cup Qatar 2022 semifinal at Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar, December 15, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
  • 79'

    France replaced Dembele with Kolo Muani.

  • 71'

    Thuram had a great scoring chance with a header, but couldn't manage to drive the ball on target.

  • 70'

    Dari was lucky to avoid a yellow card for pushing Thuram, who has been dangerous since coming on.

  • 66'

    France put Giroud out for Marcus Thuram whose dad Lilian scored twice in the 1998 semifinal, while Morocco made two subs as Zakaria Aboukhlal and Abderrazak Hamdallah replaced Boufal and En-Nesyri.

  • 63'

    Boufal did super well to get on the right, but his pass was cleared by Griezmann again, who's having a great game.

  • 56'

    Ounahi’s cross almost found Hakimi for a goal but Griezmann had a great interception on the line.

  • 54'

    Chances after chances for Morocco. Boufal’s dangerous cross came to Attiatt-Allah, who couldn't control his shot. Moments later Attiat-Allah found a bit of space on the left flank and tried to pick out En-Nesyri in the box. Konate did well to clear the ball.

Morocco captain Romain Saiss and center-back partner Nayef Aguerd have been passed fit to play after suffering injuries in the previous matches.

France have made two changes after Adrien Rabiot and Dayot Upamecano caught colds and missed training on Monday and Tuesday. Rabiot is replaced in midfield by Youssouf Fofana and defender Ibrahima Konate comes in for Upamecano.

France: Hugo Lloris (captain), Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Ibrahima Konate, Theo Hernandez, Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Youssouf Fofana, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe

Morocco: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Jawad El Yamiq, Nayef Aguerd, Romain Saiss (captain), Noussair Mazraoui, Sofyan Amrabat, Hakim Ziyech, Azzedine Ounahi, Soufiane Boufal, Youssef En-Nesyri

 
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