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France vs Morocco, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Semifinals

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

    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 Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
    • 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.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 11': Offside, France. Antoine Griezmann tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
    • 14': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 14': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (France).
    • 17': Attempt missed. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sofiane Boufal.
    • 17': Olivier Giroud (France) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 20': Foul by Kylian Mbappé (France).
    • 20': Jawad El Yamiq (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Substitution, Morocco. Selim Amallah replaces Romain Saïss because of an injury.
    • 23': Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Morocco).
    • 23': Theo Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
    • 25': Hakim Ziyech (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Selim Amallah.
    • 26': Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
    • 27': Foul by Sofiane Boufal (Morocco).
    • 27': Theo Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Foul by Selim Amallah (Morocco).
    • 29': Olivier Giroud (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 31': Offside, Morocco. Sofiane Boufal tries a through ball, but Noussair Mazraoui is caught offside.
    • 32': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 32': Foul by Kylian Mbappé (France).
    • 33': Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 33': Offside, France. Aurélien Tchouaméni tries a through ball, but Olivier Giroud is caught offside.
    • 34': Corner, France. Conceded by Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 35': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross.
    • 35': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni with a through ball.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
    • 37': Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
    • 39': Corner, France. Conceded by Jawad El Yamiq.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Raphaël Varane (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 44': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Jawad El Yamiq (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sofyan Amrabat following a corner.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Theo Hernández.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Jules Koundé (France).
    • 45'+2': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Youssouf Fofana (France).
    • 45'+2': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Kylian Mbappé (France).
    • 45'+3': Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, France 1, Morocco 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins France 1, Morocco 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui.
    • 46': Foul by Jules Koundé (France).
    • 46': Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Jules Koundé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Yahya Attiat-Allah (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 60': Offside, France. Olivier Giroud tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
    • 61': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 61': Foul by Yahya Attiat-Allah (Morocco).
    • 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.
    • 68': Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Morocco).
    • 68': Marcus Thuram (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 69': Offside, France. Jules Koundé tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
    • 70': Foul by Achraf Dari (Morocco).
    • 70': Marcus Thuram (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Marcus Thuram (France) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 72': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Foul by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
    • 74': Attempt missed. Youssouf Fofana (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
    • 74': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Foul by Selim Amallah (Morocco).
    • 78': Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Selim Amallah.
    • 79': Substitution, France. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
    • 79': Goal! France 2, Morocco 0. Randal Kolo Muani (France) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
    • 82': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Yahya Attiat-Allah (Morocco).
    • 84': Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
    • 86': Attempt missed. Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yahya Attiat-Allah with a cross.
    • 87': Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Marcus Thuram (France).
    • 90': Offside, Morocco. Azzedine Ounahi tries a through ball, but Zakaria Aboukhlal is caught offside.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdessamad Ezzalzouli.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
    • 90'+5': Offside, Morocco. Hakim Ziyech tries a through ball, but Zakaria Aboukhlal is caught offside.
    • 90'+6': Hand ball by Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco).
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, France 2, Morocco 0.
    • 0': Match ends, France 2, Morocco 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/mar.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originMAR FRAhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/fra.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&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

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup

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

    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
    France Substitutes:
    William Saliba, Axel Disasi, Marcus Thuram, Kingsley Coman, Eduardo Camavinga, Alphonse Areola, Benjamin Pavard, Dayot Upamecano, Steve Mandanda, Jordan Veretout, Randal Kolo Muani, Matteo Guendouzi.

    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
    Morocco Substitutes:
    Abderrazak Hamdallah, Bilal El Khannouss, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Yahya Attiyat Allah, Anass Zaroury, Yahya Jabrane, Reda Tagnaouti, Badr Benoun, Ilias Chair, Abde Ezzalzouli, Munir El Kajoui, Selim Amallah.

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