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France march into 3rd straight WC semi-final, Morocco eliminated

France captain Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty but curled in a superb goal on the hour as France struck twice in six minutes to brush aside Morocco 2-0 on Thursday and book their spot in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals. Mbappe, who at 27 became the youngest player to rack up 20 World Cup appearances, also bagged his 20th World Cup goal with a curling shot from just inside the box before Ousmane Dembele added another six minutes later with a low drive to set up a last-four meeting with Belgium or Spain. Mbappe is the tournament’s joint top scorer with eight goals, level with Lionel Messi, and he trails the Argentine by one goal in the World Cup all-time scoring list.

The French, bidding to become only the third nation to reach three consecutive World Cup finals, started strongly with a couple of early chances. Mbappe, who also equalled the all-time French record held by Hugo Lloris for World Cup matches, had an early opportunity with a low drive that Morocco keeper Yassine Bounou managed to tip wide.  France earned a 28th-minute penalty through Mbappe but Bounou calmly stood his ground, picked the correct side and smothered the France forward’s low effort. It was Mbappe’s first penalty miss for the national team since Euro 2020.

The final score almost did Morocco a favour. France finished with 20 attempts on goal, struck the crossbar through Lucas Digne, saw Mbappe denied from the spot and forced Bounou into save after save. Morocco, meanwhile, did not seriously test Mike Maignan until the 83rd minute, when Azzedine Ounahi finally drew a comfortable stop from the French goalkeeper.


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