France vs Morocco full match Semi Finals world cup 2022 p1

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Watch France vs Morocco full match replay and highlights. KICK-OFF at 19:00 (GMT) on 14th December 2022 The referee for this match is C. Ramos Game played at Al Bayt Stadium This is a match in World - World Cup, Semi Finals, Season 2022 world cup, 2022 world cup 2022 fifa world cup 2022 t20 world cup 2022 ind vs pak world cup 2022 world cup 2022 final world cup 2022 bracket messi world cup 2022 fifa world cup 2022 schedule t20 world cup 2022 schedule t20 world cup 2022 winner world cup 2022 standings world cup 2022 argentina world cup 2022 argentina vs france world cup 2022 argentina team world cup 2022 awards world cup 2022 all matches world cup 2022 argentina jersey world cup 2022 attendance world cup 2022 argentina games world cup 2022 argentina vs netherlands argentina world cup 2022 australia world cup 2022 argentina squad world cup 2022 argentina vs france world cup 2022 argentina vs australia world cup 2022 argentina team world cup 2022 argentina starting 11 world cup 2022 argentina vs netherlands world cup 2022 argentina vs croatia world cup 2022 argentina penalties world cup 2022 world cup 2022 ball world cup 2022 brazil world cup 2022 ball size 5 world cup 2022 brazil team world cup 2022 ball price world cup 2022 book world cup 2022 belgium world cup 2022 brazil vs croatia brazil world cup 2022 belgium world cup 2022 brazil starting 11 world cup 2022 brazil squad world cup 2022 brazil vs croatia world cup 2022 ball world cup 2022 brazil team world cup 2022 benzema world cup 2022 brazil players world cup 2022 brazil vs serbia world cup 2022 world cup 2022 cricket world cup 2022 champion world cup 2022 cleats world cup 2022 colombia world cup 2022 cards world cup 2022 countries world cup 2022 croatia world cup 2022 costa rica world cup 2022 controversy world cup 2022 cricket schedule club world cup 2022 cricket world cup 2022 croatia world cup 2022 cameroon world cup 2022 canada world cup 2022 costa rica world cup 2022 cristiano ronaldo world cup 2022 cricket world cup 2022 schedule cup world cup 2022 chess world cup 2022 world cup 2022 dates world cup 2022 documentary world cup 2022 dvd world cup 2022 denmark world cup 2022 doodle game world cup 2022 doodle world cup 2022 dataset world cup 2022 death world cup 2022 documentary netflix world cup 2022 dates and times did messi win the world cup 2022 di maria world cup 2022 dybala world cup 2022 denmark world cup 2022 di maria goal world cup 2022 di maria world cup 2022 stats did dybala play world cup 2022 download fifa world cup 2022 dreamers fifa world cup 2022 does india qualify for fifa world cup 2022 world cup 2022 england world cup 2022 ecuador world cup 2022 easter egg world cup 2022 england vs france world cup 2022 england team world cup 2022 european qualifiers world cup 2022 england results world cup 2022 england france world cup 2022 extended highlights world cup 2022 espn

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00:00thank you very much Gary and hello everyone well either history will repeat

00:08itself and France reach successive World Cup finals or new World Cup history will

00:14be made and Morocco will win through Morocco with the first African side to

00:18win a World Cup point that was in 1970 they were the first African side to win

00:24a World Cup group that was in 1986 now they are about to become the first

00:30African side to play in a World Cup semi-final and what support they have

00:37here

00:40fantastic noise but as always a pause before the drama for the national

00:49anthems starting with the Marseillaise

01:49the anthem of the world champions president Macron here now the anthem of

02:02the would-be world beaters

02:49the

03:12well watched on by the Moroccan FA president Fawzi like ah I would

03:19estimate that french supporters are outnumbered maybe 10 to 1 in this stadium there's a tiny band

03:24of them behind the goal away to our left hand side but more or less everywhere else you look

03:29is red and green. France's coach Didier Deschamps one of only three men to have won the world cup

03:35as both a player and a coach in four days time he could be only the second to win it as a coach

03:40twice. Hugo Lloris of course in goal missed only two games at the last seven major tournaments.

03:46Ibrahima Kanate of Liverpool is in for the ill Diet Opa Meccano and in midfield the change

03:52as Youssef Fafana replaces Rabiot also ill. Griezmann has gone from France's finisher in

03:58chief to the creator supreme. Giroud has four goals in this tournament and then there's Kylian

04:05Mbappé. Do you know when Diego Maradona was Mbappé's age he'd scored twice in world cup finals

04:11Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi had won a piece at his age. Miroslav Klose who tops the

04:18lot for world cup finals goals hadn't even got off the mark. The 23 year old Mbappé already has nine.

04:28As the two captains Ramin Seiss and Hugo Lloris meet the referee is Cesar Ramos from Mexico

04:37who has sent off more than one player in a single game on no fewer than five occasions

04:43in 2022. The VAR team is led by Drew Fisher of Canada. Well Morocco's currency is clean sheets

04:54the only goal they've conceded in eight minutes short of 14 hours of football was an own goal

05:00against Canada. Bono saved two of Spain's three penalties in the shootout the other hit the post

05:05again and Ramin Seiss start. They limped out of the games against Spain and Portugal

05:10respectively. Chawan El-Yamek also starting in what is a back five. In midfield Azedine

05:16Unai he's been an absolute revelation with the tireless Safian Amrabat. Ziyech and Bufal

05:22support Yousef Nnaziri who is now the first Moroccan ever to score at two world cups. He

05:28has five goals in his last nine internationals but only two league goals for Sevilla this calendar

05:34year and there he is the man who leads the Moroccan line Kylian Mbappe has scored as

05:42many goals at this world cup finals as Morocco. It is the North Africans who will kick off

05:52the second semi-final. Argentina will be watching closely

05:57and here's history because when the countdown finishes for the first time ever

06:06an African boot will touch a ball in a world cup semi-final. Off we go

06:18How much do Morocco have left in the tank after their extraordinary journey

06:23against the French side who lost to North African opposition in the group Tunisia albeit

06:30with pretty much a second team out. Danny Murphy is alongside me

06:36such a great occasion and such a piece of world cup history

06:40yeah fantastic the atmosphere is incredible you can feel the tension

06:44this Morocco side this is Bufal great resilience also have a ruthless streak

06:52take their chances when they have

06:56here's Antoine Griezmann finding Ousmane Dembele. Dembele towards the edge of the

07:05penalty area and it's cut out by Azzedine Unahi

07:15that is the tireless Amrabat charging forward. Koundé is with him Jules Koundé

07:21well Morocco have done it to us again here Danny you know they changed the goalkeeper after the

07:36anthems. Agued is not out there now they were putting Saïs and Agued through their paces both

07:47with thigh injuries before the kickoff here but we've got Ashraf Dari wearing number 20

07:52on the right of the back three so Agued has pulled out of this semi-final very late on the

07:58team sheet we have in front of us has his name on it the monitors we have in front of us has

08:04his name off but that man there is not Agued it is Ashraf Dari playing at the back for Morocco

08:12so that change has obviously had to be made very very late in the game he plays in France

08:17with Brest who he joined from Guaida Casablanca the champions of Africa in the summer yeah very

08:26late change wasn't it they've obviously given every opportunity to make the first 11

08:32not felt up to it made the change last minute

08:35the system still stays the same yeah but it is a blow for them because he's been terrific

08:48it is again the West Ham defender out of this semi-final very very late on

08:57here is Romain Saïs an almost miraculous recovery from him

09:02stretched off in the last game his left thigh was tapped with ice all the way around it all

09:11the way there was a circumference high up on that left leg and here he is in the starting

09:15lineup against the odds and Morocco have lost the ball rather cheaply but they couldn't feed

09:20it into Olivier Giroud and Sofiane Amrabat is there

09:32so

09:37different role for this fella Azzedine Unahi today he's just a little bit deeper because of

09:42the change in formation that Waleed Raigwagi has pulled out of the hat force of circumstance

09:49might have dictated that but he's been absolutely outstanding as a kind of eight there's a more

09:55attacking midfielder real breath of fresh air yeah good fee great energy comfortable getting

10:01on the ball be no problem for him playing that little bit deeper they have to be a little bit

10:06more disciplined today Ibrahima Kunate played the game against Tunisia the last group game

10:16here's Varane

10:17Varane

10:22Griezmann was making a run Varane finds Ousmane Dembele though

10:40Varane all clever from Griezmann Griezmann in a really dangerous area Mbappe is there

10:46Mbappe again and again it hit Darry and it's in

10:55Beo Hernandez has struck France in front inside five minutes

11:02the world champions lead in the world cup semi-final

11:06Morocco behind the worst possible start for them Mbappe right in the middle of it

11:20it's a slip isn't it from El Yamek tries to get in front of Griezmann naive defending

11:26then they're scrambling all over the place and when it falls Hernandez takes his time good technique

11:32waits for it to drop

11:37great start for France disastrous start for Morocco poor defending wasn't it very unlike them

11:43trying to get in front too early against the quality of France

11:52well Ashraf Dari on the line is actually standing virtually behind the line when the ball goes in

11:58could he have done more it's brilliant by Griezmann the slip was unfortunate

12:04the finish was excellent and Regraghi's Morocco are behind

12:11the slip came from being too eager too keen to try and get in front

12:16no problem just stay behind him early on and again no need to try and get in front especially

12:19with someone like Griezmann so so aware of where you are it's a good pass as well

12:25Ibrahima Konate in very quickly for France Griezmann and Mbappe

12:30Unai took it from him

12:37Hakimi the game has barely settled down really and France already lead

12:41Shahid El-Yamek

12:56Romain Seyss

13:01well a very tough job he's a whole lot tougher now

13:06yeah the last thing they wanted to do give themselves a mountain to climb against this

13:10quality French side who don't mind playing on the counter by the way they are not a particularly

13:15high pressing team the stats tell us that they're happy to sit in and when you've got the goal

13:21here we see the finish he waits for it just to drop enough so we can get a good contact

13:28very good from the numbers

13:33replaced his brother Lucas in the side early on in the tournament

13:37Lucas was injured in the opening game against Australia

13:41here's Hakimi now in this area is in the middle Hakimi has run into traffic

13:47but Seyss picks it up for Morocco

14:00Mbappe is in a good position he's going to come through Youssef Fafana to Dembele

14:07so

14:24good challenge Hakimi Amrabat

14:30Unahi

14:31Seyss

14:41Hakimi was just twisted around by the Seyss pass which had a little bit too much pace on it for him

14:50he's born in Paris the coach of Morocco played almost all his playing career in France

15:01big shoes for Fafana to fill in the midfield tonight I think Rabiot's done well because he's

15:05going to have to get over and help out Hernandez I know the lads were talking about in the studio

15:10but that combination down the right side Seyss and Hakimi has been productive for them and it's

15:16one area to pitch where you look they look really strong

15:21Giroud with a little layoff and Naziri cut it out

15:24forward by Amrabat a very strong challenge by Ibrahima Konate on Hakim Seyss

15:31experience playing in a major final with Morocco they lost to Tunisia in the

15:38final of the 2004 African Nations Cup with him in their side as a right back

15:45Masraoui forward Unahi, Unahi oh good save by Hilary it nearly came to end Naziri

15:53well Azzedine Unahi has made a brilliant name for himself at this tournament

16:01started this game superbly well so confident great fee got his shots away good response from Morocco

16:11Deo Hernandez forward Amrabat

16:14that's a good turn too by Sophia Bouffal, Seyss

16:21Chouhamani right under the referee's assistance nose nothing given

16:29he looked at Farallon Fernandez, he's got a chance he's got a chance

16:33he's got a chance he's got a chance he's got a chance he's got a chance

16:38nose nothing given

16:42and I looked at Farallon Fernandez

16:46Miguel Hernandez is the man with the flag on that far side here's Ousmane Dembele

16:50stepping inside of Nusaim Masraoui and finding Griezmann that's a good looking ball

16:56was there a little pull by Hakimi on Mbappe doesn't really matter he was offside anyway

17:03well he certainly looks like a referee who's going to let the game go

17:06which is always a good thing

17:10this is the chance from Monahi it's not a bad effort actually

17:20good save by Hugo Uris

17:26this is 19th game in world cup finals the top and goalkeeper

17:35so

17:54Yusuf Fafana

18:05so

18:22Griezmann

18:26came off Antoine Griezmann from the Buffalo challenge because Morocco have a throw in they

18:32won't change their game plan this early the early goal is a blow but it's not a cue for plan b yet

18:40no whether they play a four or a five the principles are still the same

18:45close to each other no space for France to play but if you make mistakes like that you're going

18:50to ask for trouble but generally their philosophy is drop off condense the space then play on the

18:55counter well with that goal coming after five minutes Morocco didn't quite make the 14 hour mark

19:04without an opponent scoring against them they had conceded one goal in their last

19:10eight games that sliding own goal by Naifa Gerd in the match against Canada

19:18i think the disappointment was the the manner of the goal it's a mistake really

19:22and Yannick's under pressure here as well he nearly lost that to Dembele Masraoui

19:52so

20:05just sneaked away by Yusuf Fafana but it's a foul and a free kick to Morocco

20:11France have actually lost more games against African opponents in World Cup finals

20:16than any other country from any continent

20:21losing to Senegal 20 years ago famously in Korea losing to South Africa in 2010

20:29and losing to Tunisia here but they're winning this one early days

20:36so

20:44yes that's a good looking ball in Konate managed to get up over the top of Ashraf Dari and make

20:49the clearance here and then goes forward that's found Usman Dembele whose first touch was terrific

20:56two men

21:27so

21:40in this here he got a little touch on it

21:57so

22:15might have just been falling as he hit this brilliant move though

22:19so

22:22win it back

22:25break out quickly good quality passing through the line nice turn

22:30Bouffal plays the pass at the right time he just rushed it a bit he's just stretching on

22:34his weak foot maybe could have come back inside on his left but it's exactly what we're talking

22:38about oh that's found Giroud as it bounced over the top of Romin Saez Giroud he's hit the post

22:46Olivier Giroud smashes the woodwork and Morocco escape just

22:58yeah it looks like he's struggling Saez he really was struggling to turn then he's limping as he runs

23:05super effort from Giroud wasn't it he's unlucky but

23:09just watching Saez on the turn then he's really struggling

23:16well I think it was always going to be a gamble naming Saez and again in the starting lineup again

23:23didn't even get to the first whistle and I'm not sure that Saez has very much chance at all

23:29of getting to the last whistle nevertheless here's El Yamek

23:46yeah that was a real struggle for him I mean Giroud's not the quickest we know that but

23:56he couldn't he couldn't turn properly couldn't sprint after him

24:03and Regraghi is in conversation with uh

24:07his substitutes and I think there's going to be a change here his

24:10he's saying Masraoui trying to get the better of Jules Koundé

24:16I think that has to be Steve you can't stay on when you can't run properly you're going to let

24:20your team down brave to try exactly as you would in a world cup semi-final but

24:40he nicely laid off to Hakimi Amrabat

24:52Unai

24:56Zia with the chance to cross you've got to we should take that and does

25:03I think Salim Amala is the player we just saw getting ready to come on if that's the case I

25:16think it will be a change of formation because he is a midfielder and they probably swapped

25:20back into the 4-3-3 that they played in each of the games so far at this tournament but we'll see

25:27but it certainly is Salim Amala who's going to be coming on the standardly aged midfielder

25:41so

25:53nearly missed this world cup remember the tears of Rafa Ruan when he

25:57injured his side for Manchester United against Chelsea it's gonna be a free kick to Morocco

26:03so

26:10I mean if this substitution is a change of system you understand it in a way because

26:14they're a goal down but I do think they would have stuck with the five or the three center halves if

26:22size stayed fit but yeah he can't do it he can't

26:33well the world cup semi-final is not the place to be carrying injured players Romain Saïs has

26:47given it what he had but all he had was 20 minutes

26:54and that gamble on both Agued and Saïs both named in the original starting lineup

27:00has unraveled with less than a quarter of the game played

27:13the problem is with four at the back of course is that Hakimi and Mazraoui

27:17gonna have to be a little bit more disciplined to help the center halves not go as high

27:21too early which means you lose a bit of their attacking strengths

27:29so

27:33you know he trying to get away from Antoine Griezmann

27:42Mazraoui

27:48so

27:58I think Gary said it before the game this is France's seventh world cup semi-final

28:04they lost their first three and have won the last three

28:17so

28:36Zheish finding a little bit of room and finding Hakimi

28:40Hakimi

28:56Selim Amala back around the corner

29:03free kick has been given France's way they went and this is the man down

29:07and just see from our elevated position when Hakimi goes forward you see Mbappé staying

29:14high on the left in case there's a turnover which mean there'd be a huge problem for

29:20Dari if there was he's got to be careful with that Hakimi especially now they're in a four

29:37so

29:50Ferran

29:53Giroud making the run Mbappé too it's too long for Mbappé headed away by Ashraf Dari

30:01Giroud Fofana losing out Hakimi should be able to clear here finds

30:08Eliamic

30:11confident from Bono in the Moroccan goal

30:18well one Amala and Zheish foul free kick

30:31he's got to try and gather themselves Morocco they've got

30:35they're going to go down early on they've lost their captain

30:41build the way back into the game get some passes in get some confidence

30:48quite a lot of the games of this world cup it feels like have been played to an audience

30:53this one is being played to a crowd and it's a

30:57pretty frantic frenzied crowd as well mostly wearing Moroccan red

31:14but even the will of the people and most of the people in the stadium is supporting Morocco

31:20may not be enough to loosen France's grip

31:27Unai Masraoui's done well Sofiane Amrabat here

31:35Selim Amala forward Hakimi hit it and it can and off Ibrahima Konate

31:40in the direction of Kylian Mbappé and Mbappé is moving

31:45and looking for Dembele

31:47Dembele and there's a pull on Azzedine Unahi and the referee is off in the direction

31:54of Dembele it was good play from Morocco again nice intricate passing

32:00got themselves between the lines I think Hakimi rushed it bad angle 25 30 yards out

32:06stay a bit more patient when they get in those dangerous positions

32:09Hakimi

32:19oh Peo Hernandez sold himself the ashes in behind him and Hernandez has recovered just about

32:25and then he slides into a challenge and gets the free kick Bufal it was and Sofiane Bufal

32:32is going to be shown the yellow card here but Peo Hernandez got himself in trouble not once

32:38but twice well he did recover well initially I thought it could be a penalty

32:48and then on the replay of course you can see the contact first but

32:53Ziyech certainly got in behind him

32:59looks like he's struggling a bit

33:01he was good from Ziyech though going at him testing him out seeing what he's got

33:11using his skill to see if he can turn and twist the same as him

33:15beat him quite comfortably there it's a it's an area of pitch they can get some joy yeah there he goes

33:25just too keen early in the game and then it causes chaos

33:31it's a really good finish it's an excellent finish isn't it because he didn't hurry it no

33:45I'm not sure I've ever been able to get my leg that high anyway but yeah great technique

33:52well they have been under the 10 years that Didier Deschamps has been

33:57in charge a constant force in world football quarter finalists in his first tournament in

34:052014 world cup runners-up in 2016 euros of course to Portugal then winning the world cup

34:13four years ago round of 16 in the European championships last year they're also the

34:20nation's league holders as well France well we saw against England didn't we this French side

34:25don't have to always play well to win they have such firepower they have experience good patience

34:36and they can dig in they can be resilient we saw that in the semi-final against Belgium and Russia

34:40yeah we did Belgium find it almost impossible to lay a glove on France

34:47in that semi-final four years ago in Saint Petersburg

34:51here's Sofiane Bufal

34:55Marjorie took it away from Amrabat

35:00that's a foul by Selim Amala on Olivier Giroud

35:07well we said it in the England game I mean this is a winter world cup for

35:12us Europeans but what an Indian summer to his career for Olivier Giroud he

35:17had Karim Bentemar been fit he might not have played in this tournament

35:22barely at all he might not have been in the semi-final either it's the way football works

35:27isn't it the winner against ourselves in the last round

35:31and in a world cup where some very famous names appear to have hit the end of the road

35:37in their international careers

35:42Lionel Messi is getting better and better in this tournament and Olivier Giroud

35:50may never have played better that's a lovely ball by Varane

35:55and Olivier Giroud may never have played better that's a lovely ball by into Azadine Unahi

36:04Ziyech and Naziri in the middle Ziyech can't find an angle for a shot

36:11Lucia Masraoui

36:16oh Bufal's done really well Masraoui the flag has stayed down

36:19Unahi and now the flag went up before he actually delivered the shot

36:27he looked close irrelevant of that it was a good move again really incisive passing

36:32through the lines building confidence in the game yeah he's offside good decision

36:40they are having their moments

36:41they are it's just that final little bit of patience when they're in that final third that bit of quality

36:57and quite a year for that coach Walid Rehgraghi winning the uh african equivalent of the

37:04champions league with Reinard Casablanca before joining Morocco only in late August

37:12has not lost a game yet as their coach

37:19that's nicely done Amala lovely ball well cut out by Ibrahima Konate and Naziri was just behind him

37:29he's done well Amala since he's come on he's added some real spark in the midfield some energy

37:33gets him he's getting in a great little position there between Fafana and Hernandez it's a it's

37:39an element possibly Danny that you know they know that they came into this game with uh

37:47Saeed instead of seeing him in training they knew where he was now that that question's been

37:52answered no he can't play they're back in their formation that they've been playing in this

37:56tournament up to now albeit perhaps not with the starting 11 that they would choose because of

38:01Haged and Saeed not being there but they're more comfortable with where they are now yeah they do

38:07look more balanced I think there's also a freedom comes when you go and go down because nothing to

38:12lose you start getting on the ball more the French dropping off letting them have a bit of possession

38:18but they've certainly grown into the game without causing France too many problems they've had a

38:22pretty good last 10 minutes so they've just lost the ball here and there might be problems if that's

38:27threaded through to Mbappe which it is Olivier Giroud is in the middle Mbappe cutting inside

38:34good oh I think too many shot hit Giroud who was standing in an offside position

38:46well Theo Hernandez is still down here

38:51he's down quite a lot in this tournament not the toughest fullback in the world

38:56although he does get caught

39:03a little bit naughty

39:07yeah it's been a bit harsh on him there it's a painful one when you see it yeah

39:17play Kamavinger at left back against Tunisia

39:24Griezmann

39:29Usman Dembele

39:33so corner kick just reacted a little bit too slowly

39:37you say in Masraoui to prevent that corner from Dembele

39:43Usman Dembele is actually married to a Moroccan TikTok influencer can you believe

39:52I wonder if she's supporting them yeah

39:57probably her husband in all other states yeah probably

40:00Antoine Griezmann will take this corner kick for France leading by a goal to nil

40:11Ibrahima Konate has come forward waving his arms to

40:14make a run inside the penalty area nearly came to him too and that's lashed by Fofana

40:23certainly not a prolific goal scorer

40:25but in his league football Fofana no difficult ones to spin on the edge of your box yeah your weak foot

40:43mind you Chouamani's not a regular goal scorer either and

40:47his goal wasn't too bad the other day very true

40:49and Yamic

41:12Hamala just losing out now Chouamani can advance into that space Ziyes tried to stop him and

41:18couldn't it's Mbappe and hooked out by Yamic I'm not sure it was going in any way it might now though

41:32real let off

41:36it all came from losing the ball in the middle of the pitch Ziyes doesn't do enough it's a clever

41:42little ball Hakimi just has enough to stop Mbappe getting a free shot and then when it comes to

41:48Giroud he started to take you one touch should be scoring a man in form he had time to take a touch

41:56well they scored one and had two big opportunities France to make it two

42:03but their mistakes Morocco making to give the chances to Paul give away in the middle of the pitch

42:14it's the difficulty when you play a side with so much quality on the counter

42:18so much pace as soon as you give the ball away you're in trouble

42:23here's Mithraoui

42:28in the series that the dummy didn't fool Varane

42:33that's a hefty coming together by uh involving Chouamani and Amrabat

42:48Amrabat has been extraordinary throughout this tournament yeah he's been he's been a real plus

42:57for them tenacious decent with the ball leads them out there but we see him demanding more off others

43:10Koundé

43:14Varane

43:18Kunate

43:48and Yannick just got a foot around Olivier Giroud's hit but Chouamani has collected

43:58Forfana

44:01so i really like that from Lloris now and again mixing it up use Giroud use

44:04his strength get some knockdowns get high up the pitch it's a great weapon to have

44:10underrated long ball to a big forward and playing off him sometimes we see the Dutch

44:15getting back into the game against Argentina playing that way

44:21Spain steadfastly refused to play that way and it's cost them in two world cups running now yeah

44:32variation is always key to the good teams mixing the game up a little bit

44:38Mbappe

44:42Griezmann

44:44Chouamani

44:51Antoine Griezmann oh yeah Yannick tied that well

44:59he's asking for a goal kick but it's going to be a corner

45:02clever little run from Griezmann down the side

45:07i think he's got a pointer Yannick i think it just touched the toe of Antoine Griezmann

45:18extraordinary that the golden boot winner at Euro 2016 Griezmann has now gone 13 internationals

45:24without scoring but if anything looks an even better player than when he was a regular scorer

45:30well he's playing that little bit deeper isn't he

45:35doing a bit more of the hard yard which he does very very well by the way you get the

45:39feeling for Morocco that this cannot go in five minutes before halftime Griezmann

45:43with the corner kick and just flicked by Varane never on target

45:55near post run

46:00Morocco have lost only one of their last 11 matches against European opposition

46:08they've played against France more often than against any other European opposition though

46:12they've never actually beaten them apart from in a rather artificial penalty shootout

46:19in what was called the King Hassan the second international tournament

46:22in 1998 which also involved England and Belgium

46:26memorable really only for Michael Owen scoring his first

46:32international goal just before the beginning of the World Cup in 1998

46:39see Morocco have got to start using Hakimi every chance they get because

46:43Mbappé is not following him at all they can get the switch onto him he's free

46:47can get forward cause some problems to keep looking to go out right he's the outpour

46:57Varane

46:59so

47:13so

47:24Dembele making the run Masraoui couldn't reach Dembele but Dembele couldn't reach the ball

47:34now a little bit straight not seen much of him in this first half Dembele

47:39been managed quite well by Masraoui

47:52he was a little bit of a bit part player in the last World Cup

47:55who's found Dembele but he's got his medal

48:01he started every game in this tournament barring the last group game against Tunisia when Didier

48:07Deschamps used the opportunity to make multiple changes and rest people

48:37so

48:45and still

48:48given away to Griezmann though Amala

48:52who's near Griezmann Chiomini hopefully forward Masraoui's there

48:59so

49:04that's the ball well delivered to Hakimi

49:12lovely ball

49:15Morocco have a corner kick it was a lovely weighted ball from Munahi into a terrific run

49:20from Ashraf Hakimi that was the ball the switch can see it will be a mile off

49:26keep switching out to him and Bappi leaves him to get some 2v1s then

49:30Kofaner has to go over and all of a sudden they can get in and can play much better

49:38now then Moroccan corner

49:43Hakim Ziyech on it and Nasseri is decent in the air Amala is in there

49:50Hakimi, Dari up from the back

49:58Ziyech with the delivery oh it was a good one as well half headed away the overhead kick

50:03has come off the woodwork

50:06didn't quite come back to El Yamek Bouffal's spinning and shooting wide

50:13what a fabulous effort from El Yamek that hit the woodwork

50:20what an effort incredible

50:24watches it all the way

50:27i think he's actually saved it

50:30i think he's actually saved it

50:38and a glove and post a bit of both

50:42nearly made up for his early mistake El Yamek there giving everybody a lift in the stadium

50:49Jawad El Yamek with an overhead kick almost putting Morocco on level terms just before the

50:56break it just goes to show you can take nothing for granted and here's Amrabat

51:04Morocco will be considerably encouraged by that Hakimi, Unahi

51:16he's got help from Ziyech and that's gonna be another corner kick

51:21see Steve it's all coming from Hakimi as soon as you get the ball out to him

51:25Ghaffaner has to go over and leaves a space for Unahi

51:30keep giving him the ball keep getting down that right hand side that's where to get the joy

51:37into a minimum of three added minutes at the end of the first half

51:41it's a very good delivery by Ziyech the last one

51:46had real pace and dip on it can he replicate here

51:51Hakimi Ziyech

51:52up went Hugo Lloris and dealt with it well

52:04overhit this one keeper was always favourite

52:14well don't forget the French haven't kept a clean sheet yet in this tournament

52:18Hugo Lloris hasn't kept any in his last 11 games for club or country

52:24well you can see why I mean we think back to the last game we were here of course we saw

52:28Saka causing so many problems down that right side it's very hard for Hernandez because he's

52:32he's isolated a lot of the time

52:37Amrabat with a good ball again Ziyech Hakimi providing an overlap Hakimi Ziyech

52:43run it for Fahner use Hakimi blocked by Konate

52:51had men in the box as well he's got better quality than that there was three in the box

52:55they may call themselves the Atlas Lions but this is the tigerish end to the first half

53:00from Morocco Sofiane Bufal yeah free kick

53:09France are as uncomfortable at this moment as they've been in the whole game really

53:14it's been a good period hasn't it for Morocco

53:20and all I'd be saying to them more of the same keep getting it that

53:25left back with the double in with Hakimi and Ziyech

53:35if this goes in the whole complexion changes and the atmosphere

53:4430 seconds of the half to play Ziyech for the delivery great punch by Hugo Lloris

53:49Sofiane Amrabat he can't lose it there but he has

53:55what's a relief for the Moroccan number four

54:02great pace on the free kick just a tiny bit high trajectory of it was a tiny bit high

54:10I think that's Amala wanting a penalty not sure there was much in that

54:21Ziyech with the early ball in and Salim Amala was pretty close to getting a touch on it

54:26that is the last action of a first half in which France took the lead early on through

54:32Theo Hernandez after a mistake from El Yamek at the back for Morocco a very calm finish from Theo

54:40Hernandez it was too but both sides have hit the woodwork since then Olivier Giroud for France

54:46and that man Jawad El Yamek with an overhead kick for Morocco at the break in the second

54:53semi-final of this world cup it's France one it's Morocco nil

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