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France ease past Morocco to set up Australia World Cup clash

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ADELAIDE: Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice as France eased to a 4-0 win over Morocco at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday (Aug 8) and set up a quarter-final with co-hosts Australia.Morocco had upset the odds to qualify for the last 16 at the expense of Germany in their debut appearance at the tournament but they never managed to lay a glove on Herve Renard's French side in Adelaide.Kadidiatou Diani opened the scoring on the quarter-hour mark and it was 3-0 just after the midway point in the first half as Kenza Dali and Le Sommer added further goals.Veteran striker Le Sommer, who is France's all-time top scorer, netted again 20 minutes from time before a crowd of 13,557 as Les Bleues advanced to the last eight with a minimum of fuss.They will now play Australia in Brisbane on Saturday, with the winners of that going on to play either England or Colombia in the semi-finals.While France are desperate to win a first major women's international title, Morocco came into this game with the pressure off, their World Cup already a huge success.Their coach, the former French international midfielder Reynald Pedros, named an unchanged starting line-up following the 1-0 win over Colombia that sealed their place in the knockout phase.Renard made five changes from the France side that beat Panama 6-3, including recalling Sakina Karchaoui at left-back.Karchaoui, whose parents are Moroccan, set up the opener with a great run down the left flank, a quick exchange of passes with Selma Bacha, and a cross for Diani to nod in.It was Diani's fourth goal at the tournament after her hat-trick against Panama in the final group game.The second goal arrived in the 20th minute as Diani cut the ball back for Dali to sweep home a first-time finish in

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