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France Shut Out Morocco To Reach Second Successive World Cup Final

France are Men's FIFA World Cup finalists once again. The 2018 champions kept a rare clean sheet to beat Morocco 2-0 in Wednesday's semi-final at Qatar 2022.

Robert Summerscales

France Shut Out Morocco To Reach Second Successive World Cup Final
France Shut Out Morocco To Reach Second Successive World Cup Final /

France are FIFA World Cup finalists once again.

The 2018 champions beat Morocco 2-0 in Wednesday's semi-final to move to within touching distance of becoming the first back-to-back World Cup winners since 1962.

Theo Hernandez volleyed France in front inside the opening five minutes before substitute Randal Kolo Muani made sure of the victory by scoring his first ever international goal.

France had conceded in all of their last six matches but Hugo Lloris earned a priceless clean sheet by pulling off saves to deny Azzedine Ounahi and Jawad El Yamiq.

France will meet Argentina in Sunday's final at Lusail Stadium.

Morocco will play Croatia in the third-place playoff 24 hours earlier.

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Theo Hernandez pictured celebrating after scoring for France in their 2022 World Cup semi-final win over Morocco
Theo Hernandez pictured celebrating after scoring for France in their World Cup semi-final win over Morocco :: IMAGO/FotoarenaFranca/Marcelo Machado de Melo
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ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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