the second of the semi finals at the el bayt stadium against morocco. the moroccans have been the story of the world cup, but it s the end of the road for them. the french took the lead very early on, theo hernandez, with a scissor kick from a very tight angle after a killing mbappe shot a deflected and fell to him kindly. but morocco were never really out of this match. jawad el yarmouk had an overhead kick that hit the base of a post. france were always in a game here. they knew they couldn t be complacent. they d seen morocco s progress throughout this tournament, finishing top of their group ahead of croatia and belgium, beating spain, beating the portuguese, leaving cristiano ronaldo in tears. so france were on their guard against morocco and it wasn t until late on that they scored their second goal inside the last ten minutes. the substitute with a pretty much his first touch
of the game, he benefited from another mazy bit of work from kylian mbappe and it was his deflected shot that fell to him at the far post. randal kolo mounie with his first international goal, france winning 2 0. even in injury time, morocco pushed for a goal that they really deserved. but this historic march to the finals, the first african nation here, the first arab speaking nation to get this far, that is at an end, although they will have to lift themselves because they have another match to play, the one that no nation wants to play at a world cup, the third, fourth play off. they ve got croatia on saturday. and ijust hope for all the tens of thousands of moroccan fans who have made their way to qatar after this incredible run that morocco have had, they hang around and pack out the khalifa international stadium to give morocco a truly great send off. but our attentions really now focuses on sunday as we look to the reigning champions,
international goal, france winning 2 0. even in injury time, morocco pushed for a goal that they really deserved. but this historic march to the finals, the first african nation here, the first arab speaking nation to get this far, that is at an end, although they will have to lift themselves because they have another match to play, the one that no nation wants to play at a world cup, the third, fourth play off. they ve got croatia on saturday. and ijust hope for all the tens of thousands of moroccan fans who have made their way to qatar after this incredible run that morocco have had, they hang around and pack out the khalifa international stadium to give morocco a truly great send off. but our attentions really now focuses on sunday as we look to the reigning champions, france, to see if they can make it back to back titles. no team has done that until since brazil back in 58 and 62. or will it be a third title forargentina, france? against argentina?
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am the morning in singapore, and 2am in qatar where france has shattered morocco s hopes of becoming the first african and arab nation to reach the world cup finals. france won 2 0. the defending champions will now meet argentina in the final this sunday. both teams are hoping for their third world cup trophy. let s start our coverage with olly foster in doha. what a final it should be on sunday between the reigning champions, france and lionel messi s, argentina. the french winning 2 0 here in the second of the semi finals at the el bayt stadium against morocco. the moroccans have been the story of the world cup, but it s the end of the road for them. the french took the lead very early on, theo hernandez,
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