France maul meek Morocco to reach semi-finals | World Cup Daily – video
FIFA WC26
2-0
Finished
2-0
Finished
Key moments
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60'
Goal
Kylian MBAPPE (France) scores!! -
63'
Yellow card
Issa DIOP (Morocco) is booked by -
66'
Goal
Ousmane DEMBELE (France) scores!!
Squads
France squad
- Selected
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3 Lucas Digne
Defender -
4 Dayot UPAMECANO
Defender -
5 Jules KOUNDE
Defender -
6 Manu KONE
Midfielder -
7 Ousmane DEMBELE
Forward -
10 Kylian MBAPPE
C Forward -
11 Michael OLISE
Forward -
14 Adrien RABIOT
Midfielder -
16 Mike MAIGNAN
Goalkeeper -
17 William SALIBA
Defender -
20 Desire DOUE
Forward -
1 Brice SAMBA
Goalkeeper -
2 Malo GUSTO
Defender -
8 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI
Midfielder -
9 Marcus THURAM
Forward -
12 Bradley BARCOLA
Forward -
13 Ngolo KANTE
Midfielder -
15 Ibrahima KONATE
Defender -
18 Warren ZAIRE-EMERY
Midfielder -
19 Theo HERNANDEZ
Defender -
21 Lucas HERNANDEZ
Defender -
22 Jean-Philippe MATETA
Forward -
23 Robin RISSER
Goalkeeper -
24 Rayan CHERKI
Midfielder -
25 Maghnes AKLIOUCHE
Midfielder -
26 Maxence Lacroix
Defender
Morocco squad
- Selected
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1 Yassine BOUNOU
Goalkeeper -
2 Achraf HAKIMI
C Defender -
3 Noussair MAZRAOUI
Defender -
6 Ayyoub BOUADDI
Midfielder -
7 Chemsdine TALBI
Midfielder -
8 Azzedine OUNAHI
Midfielder -
10 Brahim DIAZ
Forward -
14 Issa Diop
Defender -
23 Bilal EL KHANNOUSS
Midfielder -
24 Neil EL AYNAOUI
Midfielder -
26 Anass SALAH EDDINE
Defender -
4 Sofyan AMRABAT
Midfielder -
5 Marwane SAADANE
Defender -
9 Soufiane RAHIMI
Forward -
11 Ismael SAIBARI
Midfielder -
12 Munir EL KAJOUI
Goalkeeper -
13 Zakaria EL OUAHDI
Defender -
15 Samir EL MOURABET
Midfielder -
16 Gessime YASSINE
Midfielder -
17 Amine SBAI
Forward -
18 Chadi RIAD
Defender -
19 Youssef BELAMMARI
Defender -
20 Ayoub El Kaabi
Forward -
21 Ayoube AMAIMOUNI
Forward -
22 Ahmed Reda TAGNAOUTI
Goalkeeper -
25 Redouane HALHAL
Defender
France have become the first team to reach the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup, comfortably defeating Morocco 2-0 in their quarter-final. The victory is discussed on the Guardian's World Cup Daily video, where the panel reflects on a controlled French performance against opponents described as lacklustre.
The episode, running to around 39 minutes, features host Max Rushden alongside guests Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Philippe Auclair. Together they analyse how France managed the match to book their place in the last four ahead of the other quarter-finalists.
- France beat Morocco 2-0 to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
- They are the first team into the last four.
- Guardian panel discusses the win on World Cup Daily.