France into final with 2-0 win as Morocco go down fighting
AL KHOR: France ended Morocco's World Cup dream as goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani gave the holders a 2-0 win in their semi-final clash and set up a showdown on Sunday with Lionel Messi's Argentina.
It will be France's fourth World Cup final in seven editions and they are hoping to become the first team since Brazil 60 years ago to retain the trophy when they take on Argentina at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Morocco had reached the semi-finals after beating Belgium in the group stage and then knocking out Spain and Portugal.
Then fellow defender and captain Romain Saiss had to abandon his teammates after just 21 minutes, and by then Morocco were behind. When Saiss let a simple forward ball bounce over his head, Olivier Giroud broke away but his shot hit the post.Morocco finished the half strongly and nearly drew level when, following a corner, defender Jawad El Yamiq saw his overhead kick tipped onto the post by Lloris.
Les Bleus have been used to playing semi-finals on a knife-edge and their previous three wins at this stage - in 1998, 2006 and 2018 - had all come by a single goal.
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