France End Morocco's Magical Moments To Reach Successive Finals

Written By Uche Dozie

It’s another opportunity to stake a claim to the trophy they won four years ago after beating Morocco by two goals to nil in the second semi final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday.

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goals in either half from unlikely sources Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani send the reigning champions through to Sunday’s final against Argentina.

After just four minutes played, the French side through Hernandez rattled the North Africa side that was yet to be behind in this tournament.

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Mbappe’s hits a shot that is blocked by the Moccocans, but the rebound falls to Theo Hernandez, who adjusts superbly to get over the ball and volley in the opener .

He becomes the first opposition player to score against Morocco at this World Cup.

The Atlas Lions will not go down with out a fight even though with injury to Romain Saiss and the Les Blues’ sightly on the ascendency, they pushed for the goal.

The push for that equaliser is clear as Ziyech’s delivery is wicked, Giroud half heads it clear at the near post but sends it looping into the air. Out of nowhere, Morocco centre-back Yamiq lines up an audacious overhead kick and very nearly pulls it off, cannoning off the post.

A ast-ditch Konate challenge in the six-yard box also denies En-Nesyri a tap-in.

Then came the 79th minute, with his first touch just some seconds after his introduction, Kolo Muani scores France’s second putting the hopes of the Morocco on the edge.

Mbappe weaves his way into the Morocco area and gets a shot away which is blocked into the path of Muani, who cannot miss from a matter of yards.

t will take something extraordinary for the Lions to get to the game as all efforts to do was futile once again.

The World champions France make successive World Cup finals – the first nation to do since since Brazil in 2002 – as Morocco’s magical tournament ends in the semi-finals.

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France boss Didier Deschamps said: “It’s never easy but it’s been such a joy. We’re going to go after the title on Sunday.

“We’re going to enjoy the time. I tell this to my staff and players. Take every moment in the day to really appreciate and savour the moment. In four days we are going to play for a world title.

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“You don’t lose, you just learn. You need to use those bad moments to achieve the target. The most important thing is to see the stars in people’s eyes when you celebrate and win.

“Your whole country is behind you, your friends. I feel very proud, it’s a dream come true. I want to win even more trophies.”

Morocco’s Walid Regragui said: “The most important thing is to have shown a good face.

“We have shown that football in Morocco exists and that we have great supporters.

“We gave it our best. This loss doesn’t take away everything we gave before.”

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