France vs Morocco 2022 FIFA World Cup, Semifinals
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
Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Attendance: 68,294
Statistics
MAR | FRA | |
---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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 |
7 | Hakim Ziyech |
19 | Youssef En-Nesyri |
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