France beat gritty Morocco 2-0, set up a summit clash with Argentina

FIFA 2022 France vs Morocco : The second semi-final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 being played in Qatar was played between defending champions France and Morocco. France beat Morocco 2-0 in a high voltage match. With this victory, France has made it to the final for the second time in a row.

France, playing the semi-finals of the World Cup for the seventh time, made several attacks one after the other in the first half. France, equipped with star players like Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele, scored the first goal in the fifth minute. Theo Hernandez fired past Moroccan goalkeeper Bunou from close range. It was the first time that the Moroccan team fell behind 0-1 in this World Cup.

After this, Morocco kept possession of the ball and made several attacks one after the other. But not a single one hit the right target. France held a 1–0 lead at the end of the first half. Morocco made five shots in the first half. Two of which were on target. At the same time, France put two shots on target in nine. The Moroccan team is ahead in ball possession. After that the possession has been 56 per cent. At the same time, Morocco has passed 261 and France has passed 204.

The Moroccan team started playing the match in an aggressive manner after the second half. In the 53rd minute, France made two consecutive attacks on the goalpost, but could not find the goal. Then France doubled their lead in the 79th minute. Randall Kolo Muani scored the goal as soon as he came on the field as a substitute. He put the ball into the goalpost just 44 seconds after landing. After this goal, France's victory was almost confirmed. But Morocco did not give up. He continued to attack, holding 51% of the ball possession.

France made total 15 attempts in this match. Out of which 2 were on target and 8 were off target. France made 13 shots from inside the penalty. And Morocco made 13 attempts. Of his too, 2 were on target and 5 were off target. Morocco made 8 shots from inside the penalty area.