France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach the World Cup final
The first African side to reach a World Cup semi-final refused to buckle despite suffering the early blows of losing key defender Nayef Aguero to injury after he was named in the starting line-up and then going behind to Theo Hernandez's scrambled fifth-minute goal.
France, for all Morocco's endeavour and spirit, were more clinical and substituted Randal Kolo Muani, ensuring they will defend their crown against Argentina and Lionel Messi at Lusail Stadium on Sunday when he turned in Kylian Mbappe's deflected shot 11 minutes from time.
Morocco also lost the unfit Romain Saiss to injury before half-time but, roared on by their fanatical support, they came close to drawing lea combination of the post and France keeper Hugo Lloris kept out Jawad El Yamiq's overhead kick.
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