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France beat Morocco by 2-0, to meet Argentina in FIFA World Cup Final on 18 Dec
Morocco to play against Croatia on 17 December for the 3rd place
way2barak, Dec.14: It’s all over! France beat Morocco 2-0 to set up final date with Argentina. With this, France reached FIFA World Cup final for the second time in a row and fourth time overall. Morocco will now play against Croatia on 17 December for the 3rd place.
France set up a heavyweight World Cup final against Argentina after an early goal by Theo Hernandez and a late one from Randal Kolo Muani ended battling Morocco’s dream run via an action-packed 2-0 semi-final victory on Wednesday.
Argentina 🆚 France
The #FIFAWorldCup Final is SET! 🇦🇷🇫🇷
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022
Morocco conceded their first goal to an opponent in the tournament. Griezmann slipped El Yamiq on the right and crossed towards Mbappe. Mbappe had two shots blocked from the penalty area but the ball ricocheted towards Hernandez at the far post. Hernandez shot the bouncing ball past both Morocco keeper Bono and scored the 1st goal against Morocco at the 5th minute in the FIFA World Cup 2022 second semi-final.
Substitute Kolo Muani scored his first international goal in just 44 seconds after coming on as a substitute. Substitute who scores with his first touch – inside a minute of coming on – but the goal is created by Mbappe’s dancing feet inside the penalty area. Credit all the same to Kolo Muani, who anticipates the deflection to Mbappes shot and races in to tap home from close range for his first international goal. Surely even Morocco can’t come back from this! The second goal is scored at the 79th minute of the in the FIFA World Cup 2022 second semi-final.
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Goals scored by:
- Goal 1: Hernandez (5th minute)
- Goal 2: Kolo Muani (79th minute)
France are through to the final! 👊@adidasfootball | #FIFAWorldCup
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022
France will be hugely relieved to become the first defending champions to reach successive finals since Brazil in 2002 and can now look forward to Sunday’s showdown when they will bid to follow Brazil (1962) and Italy (1938) as the third team to retain the title. The final of the FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played on Sunday (December 18) at the Lusail Iconic Stadium in Lusail between Argentina and France.
