FIFA WC 2022: France proudly marches to the finals

Story by Shaista Fatima | Posted by shaista fatima | Date 15-12-2022

Mbappe after winning the semifinal

The Al Bayt stadium at Qatar was all ready to witness yet another FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals. With the defending champions taking on the underdogs, the feelings of the fans were considerably divided.

But when the Morrocon players sung their national anthem the whole stadium joined them men in green, in reverence to their resiliebnce.

France 🇫🇷 are headed back to the #FIFAWorldCup Final!

Re-live this epic semi-final in just 60 seconds! ⏲️ pic.twitter.com/q2vnHh6lCx
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

Both the France-born captains shook hands, took respective sides and the match begun.

No sooner had the launching time elapsed than at 5' the defending champions made sure to concede a goal.' Hernandeź had made history and that too in an acrobatic style.

The finish from Theo Hernandez 🎯#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/0x1iCRMjgL
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

🇫🇷👊 pic.twitter.com/zuaWLXF7yu
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

Morocco's Dunah counterattacked with a back flip on target but France's goalkeeper Lloris made sure to make no mistakes.

This would've been something special 🚲#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/MGEsOL012c
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

The second half saw France conceding another goal, thus sealing their fate with the Argentina on Sunday.

Argentina 🆚 France

The #FIFAWorldCup Final is SET! 🇦🇷🇫🇷
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

Another Final awaits the @equipedefrance 🇫🇷#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

The efforts from the Moroccan team saw Mbappe limited to back foot.

Morocco did what England wanted to do re facing Mbappe. Not force him onto the back foot exactly, but make France more worried than they were about that flank & the threat from Hakimi, Ziyech. Griezmann and Deschamps afterwards both pointed to Thuram's introduction as important.
— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) December 14, 2022

Congrats to this incredible group for the unbelievable, historial World Cup they had! ✨🇲🇦 #Morocco pic.twitter.com/zIz4eevQf1
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 14, 2022

An unforgettable run. Thank you for the memories, Morocco 🇲🇦❤️
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022

The Twitterati went gaga over the camaraderie between Moroccan and French players.

Don’t be sad bro, everybody is proud of what you did, you made history. ❤️ @AchrafHakimi pic.twitter.com/hvjQvQ84c6
— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) December 14, 2022