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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
44:38Mbappe
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