witty watches first touch of the game. he benefited from another amazing bit of work from kylian mbappe and it was his deflected shot which fell to him at the far post. randal kolo muani with his first international goal. ron wooding 2-0, international goal. ron wooding 2 0, even in injury time stop morocco pushed for a goal they deserved at this historic march to the semifinals, the first african nation here, the first arab speaking nation, it s arab speaking nation, its internet and, although they will have to live themselves because they have another match to play, the one no nation wants to play at the world cup, the third fourth play off. they got croatia on saturday and i hope for all the tens of thousands of moroccan fans who made their way to cut back, after this incredible run, and they pack up the stadium to give morocco a truly great sendoff stop quotmack. but our attention focuses on sunday
ithink. yeah, dima maghreb. that means always morocco . across the city, people watched the game anxiously. this team has galvanised support across generations and in the wider african region. as the dust settles and they recover from the disappointment, moroccans may look back at the historical performance with pride. mayeni jones, bbc news, casablanca. earlier i was joined by football expert tim vickery to look ahead to sunday s world cup final. i asked him how both france and argentina have progressed since they met at the russia world cup in 2018. argentina after that world cup appointed a rookie coach had never taken charge of a senior team his life, i remember diego maradona saying, have we gone mad, he is a nice lad but is not even fit
the pitch is on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown. argentina would love this, it s been a real rollercoaster, a shock to arabia the first game, so one side you got argentina, with all this emotion, and on the other, you got a french side conscious of their own status of world champions, not fazed by the extraordinary noise that the moroccan fans meet a few hours ago. in a french side looking to make history because to world cup is in a row have been won by italy in a row have been won by italy in the 30s, brazil, 58 and 62 but the second one has never been one outside the team s wanted so france will make history if they win their third world cup on sunday. argentina will also win the third if they win and messi rises in the pantheon because then no one can say he doesn t have a world cup winner s medalfor cup winner s medal for argentina. cup winner s medalfor
and twice in a row, it s rare. didier deschamps becomes a legend even more than he is now, that is crazy, just crazy. that would be crazy, just crazy. translation: iwas scared until the first| goal and the first half was a bit tense with with the free kicks. the second half was slightly better but the rest of the match was complicated until we scored the second one and that was a relief but otherwise, it was tense. translation: i was from morocco so i m a bit - disappointed, i think they play better than they did, but. i translation: the french deserve a third star - but the moroccans were strong, really strong. we are still happy and there you go. j long live france. as olly said morocco were never looked out of the match but they are out and that s led to heartbreak for moroccans. they were hoping for one more huge upset in this tournament. morocco s journey to the semis stunned just about everyone they ve only conceeded one goal and that was an own goal.
this is bbc world news. the latest headlines france will face argentina in sunday s showpiece world cup final after a 2 0 victory over the tournament s surprise package, morocco. declares a state of emergency as supporters of the former president protest after he is impeached and attained over corruption allegations. following russia s latest barage of air strikes on ukraine targeting the capital kyiv in which ukranian officials say their air defences shot down 13 drones us media is reporting that president biden is planning to send expensive patriot air defence missiles to ukraine. ukraine has been requesting further air defence support for some time. this would be a big boost to ukraine s defences but why