Qatar 2022: France avoided surprises and will play the World Cup final against Argentina after dispatching Morocco
France got into the final of the World Cup Qatar 2022.
Photo: Georgi Licovski / EFE
By: Kike Frías Updated 15 Dec 2022, 15: 54 pm EST
The National Team of France avoided another historic surprise from the representation of Morocco and beat it 2-0 in the World Cup semifinals Qatar 2022
to get into their second consecutive final (Russia 2022), in which This time they will face off against Argentina led by Lionel Messi, a great favourite.
The Frenchmen came out with very good football and willing to raise marker from the beginning of the clash. With quick passes and quick transitions, they scored the first goal just after minute 5. Theo Hernández took advantage of a rebound in the small area Moroccan with a pirouette in the air, an error at the start before, to send it to save before the early frustration of the goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, known as ‘Bono’.
The statistics indicated that France never loses a World Cup duel when they left with an advantage in the first half , and so it was fulfilled. The first half closed with a 1-0 lead that could have been greater but Olivier Giroud was not good in front of goal.
Already running the second half the main offensive weapon of the French was their , his figure Kylian Mbappé, opened many spaces making use of his dangerous dribbling. Those led by Didier Deschamps gave up the ball for several periods of time, which was taken advantage of by a Morocco that never gave up and was faithful to his style, but could do nothing against a very safe defense.
The second goal came 80′, when the party was already in its decline . Forward Randal Kolo Muani, from 14 years old and that was only 15 seconds on the field of play
, he was in charge of raising the score after a well triangulated move on the edge of the Moroccan area and which of course passed through the feet of Mbappé.
Morocco says goodbye as the first semifinalist from the African continent in the history of the World Cups, while France will go for the two-time championship next Sunday in a new appointment with the history of football.
