month, not only for football in morocco but across africa and the arab world. the first african nation to reach a semi-final of a footballing world cup. this was a side that at the start of this tournament hadn t won a world cup match since 1998. they were 200 to 1 outsiders and here they are now having beaten three of the world s top 10 in belgium, spain, and portugal and rightly have won their fans across the world with how they ve acted on the pitch and off it. the those incredible scenes dancing with their mothers in celebration. we had killian mbappe trying to comfort his teammate hakim. a lot of people don t like to play in the third place playoff. that takes place saturday.
they had to say after the game. translator: really, it s incredible. to play in back-to-back world cup finals is an incredible moment. we re going to give it our best shot and work really hard. it was difficult but now we are in the final. translator: we re feeling emotion and pride. obviously today s match was very important. the last month we ve been together as a squad it s never simple, but there is happiness. we hope the players will be rewarded. we will seek another title on sunday. it s marvelous. reporter: yeah, did didier deschamps rightly telling his side to enjoy every moment. rightly so. the idea of lining up against argentina in sunday s final, it s a decider being billed as france against argentina. mbappe up against lionel messi