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Tunisians wave Moroccan flags as they celebrate Morocco’s victory in the quarter-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football match against Portugal, on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis on December 10, 2022. – His country is in diplomatic crisis with Morocco, but that’s not stopping Tunisian Wissam Sultani from supporting the first-ever Arab or African team to reach a football World Cup semi-final. (Photo by YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
Chris Jones is in Qatar covering the men's World Cup for CBC Sports.
Morocco’s dream of reaching the World Cup final finally came to an end on Wednesday with a 2-0 loss to France. But the magic of the team’s fantastic journey and their achievement in reaching the last four in Qatar will never be forgotten.
Holders France survived a scare before eventually seeing off a marvellous Morocco side to seal their place in a mouthwatering World Cup final against Argentina.
France and Kylian Mbappe are headed back to the World Cup final for a much-anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi after ending Morocco's historic run at men's soccer's biggest tournament.
DOHA: France ended Morocco’s World Cup dream as goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani gave the holders a 2-0 win in their semifinal clash and set up a showdown on Sunday with Lionel Messi’s Argentina. It looked like France might make short work of their opponents when Hernandez scored inside five minutes at Al Bayt Stadium, despite having a hostile crowd against them. But Morocco, the first African and Arab team ever to reach the last four at a World Cup, fought on despite losing key players to injury only to see substitute Kolo Muani seal victory for Les Bleus with a late second.
AL KHOR, Qatar : Morocco captain Romain Saiss and centre back partner Nayef Aguerd have been passed fit to play while France have been forced into two changes for Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final.
History-making Morocco look to pull off another upset against holders France in the World Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, with Argentina and Lionel Messi lying in wait for the winner.