The World Cup in Qatar will hold another semi-final at 2pm Eastern time on the 14th. Defending champions France will face the current dark horse, Morocco. Even if Morocco have excellent offenses, they are missing a goal and a bit of luck; on the other hand, although France’s main striker Kylian Mbappe (Kylian Mbappe) failed to score, Hernandez (Theo Hernandez) and Muani (Randal Kolo Muani) seized the opportunity and defeated Morocco, the largest surprise of the tournament, 2-0 in the last game to access the championship.
France opened the scoring within 5 minutes, scored by Theo Hernandez. This is also the first time Morocco has been scored by an opponent this year.
Morocco almost scored a world surge in the 45th minute of the first half: Jawad El Yamiq fired an upside-down golden hook in front of goal, but missed the post by a small margin and missed the chance to equalize in the first time .
Morocco got close to goal several times, but missed the goal, instead Randal Kolo Muani scored another goal in the 79th minute of the second half to expand their lead and make it 2:0 until the end.
Even though Morocco was defeated, they left behind the best record in the history of African teams; Morocco still has a chance to compete for third place and will face Croatia at 10:00 am New York time on the 17th (Saturday).
The final will be held on the 18th (Sunday) at 10am EST, with France and Messi-led Argentina fighting to the death.
[Central News Agency Doha 14 rapporto estero completo]
France played Morocco in the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar in the early hours of the 15th half in Taiwan. About 5 minutes into the match, defender Hernandez scored a lightning goal and scored first. In the resumption, substitute Mouani scored a goal, the ball eventually beat Morocco 2-0 and advanced to the World Cup final.
French defender Theo Hernandez kicked a goal in front of the Moroccan goal post around 5 minutes into the game to give France a 1-0 lead and the fastest progress into a World Cup semi-final from record balls of 1958.
Around the 44th minute of the first half, Moroccan defender Jawad El Yamiq made an inverted golden hook in front of the French goal, but the ball hit the left post and missed the chance to equalise.
In the second half, French striker Randal KoloMuani came on as a substitute and, unexpectedly, scored his first international goal just 44 seconds after coming on, setting a record for the third fastest goal scored by a player from reserve in history. of world football. .
After France took a 2-point lead, Morocco failed to score many times in stoppage time. In the end, France defeated Morocco 2-0 and advanced to the soccer world championship.
France will be looking for the third World Cup title in the team’s history, having won the World Cup in 1998 and 2018. If France win again, they will become the first country to win back-to-back World Cups after Brazil (world champion in 1958 and 1962).
As for defeated Morocco, it can be called the dark horse of this World Cup. This year, Morocco defeated top European teams such as Belgium, Spain and Portugal and became the first African team to enter the top four of the World Cup.
France will play Argentina in the championship match at 23:00 Taiwan time on the 18th, while Morocco will play the third-place match with Croatia at 23:00 on the 17th.