FIFA World Cup

France vs Morocco 2022 FIFA World Cup, Semifinals

  • 5': Theo Hernández
  • 79': Randal Kolo Muani
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2 - 0

France end Morocco's fairytale run to set up World Cup final against Argentina

France beat Morocco 2-0 in the semifinals of the World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday night to end the African side's dream run in Qatar.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! France 1, Morocco 0. Theo Hernández (France) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  • 21': Substitution, Morocco. Selim Amallah replaces Romain Saïss because of an injury.
  • 27': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
  • 65': Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud.
  • 66': Substitution, Morocco. Abderrazak Hamdallah replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 67': Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  • 78': Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Selim Amallah.
  • 79': Substitution, France. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  • 79': Goal! France 2, Morocco 0. Randal Kolo Muani (France) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, France 2, Morocco 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Attendance: 68,294

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/mar.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMAR FRAhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/fra.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin
11 Fouls 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
3 Corner Kicks 2
0 Saves 2
61.4 Possession 38.6
13 SHOTS 14
3 ON GOAL 3
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
500 Accurate Passes 293
576 Passes 363
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 3
15 Crosses 6
0.1 Cross % 0.5
35 Long Balls 49
23 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 5
8 Effective Tackles 14
15 Tackles 21
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 18
2 Effective Clearances 18
2 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

FRA France (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Hugo Lloris (GK)
24 Ibrahima Konaté
4 Raphaël Varane
22 Theo Hernández
5 Jules Koundé
7 Antoine Griezmann
13 Youssouf Fofana
8 Aurélien Tchouaméni
9 Olivier Giroud
10 Kylian Mbappé
11 Ousmane Dembélé

MAR Morocco (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Yassine Bounou (GK)
6 Romain Saïss
18 Jawad El Yamiq
20 Achraf Dari
3 Noussair Mazraoui
2 Achraf Hakimi
4 Sofyan Amrabat
8 Azzedine Ounahi
17 Sofiane Boufal Yellow Card
7 Hakim Ziyech
19 Youssef En-Nesyri

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