FIFA World Cup 2026: France defeated Morocco 2-0 and made it to the semi-finals for the third consecutive time.

By Samira Vishwas On Jul 10, 2026

France Reaches Semi-Finals: In the FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-final match held at Gillette Stadium in Boston, France performed brilliantly by defeating Morocco 2-0 and made it to the semi-finals for the third consecutive time. With this win, France remains firmly in the title race. Now the team’s next match will be in the semi-finals.

France gave a huge competition to Morocco

In the first half of the match, France continued to play aggressively, but Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bonu made several excellent saves. He kept his team in the contest for a long time by stopping many brilliant shots including Kylian Mbappe’s penalty. In the first 45 minutes, France created several chances, while Morocco could not make a single major attack.

Mbappé’s brilliant goal

France finally got success in the second half. In the 60th minute of the match, Kylian Mbappe scored a brilliant goal to give the team a 1-0 lead. This was his eighth goal in the current tournament and 20th goal of his World Cup career. Just six minutes later, Ousmane Dembele made the score 2-0 with an excellent shot from outside the box.

Morocco did try to make a comeback, but its efforts were not successful in front of France’s strong defense and goalkeeper Mike Menyan. In the entire match, Morocco was able to hit only one shot towards the goal post, while France maintained constant pressure.

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Memories of 2022 fresh

This match is also reminiscent of the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where France defeated Morocco by the same 2-0 margin. Once again France repeated the same performance and ended Morocco’s journey.

Now France has reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup for the third time in a row and will be eyeing a place in the final for the third time in a row. At the same time, Morocco’s brilliant campaign ended at the last-8 stage.