Mbappé inspires France past Morocco to reach World Cup semi-finals

France moved into the World Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Morocco as Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé struck in the second half of a tense quarter-final dominated by defensive discipline and rapid transitions.

France

• Mike Peterson Maignan (6.6)
• Jules Olivier Koundé (7)
• Dayotchanculle Oswald Upamecano (7.2)
• William Alain André Gabriel Saliba (6.9)
• Lucas Digne (6.9)
• Kouadio Emmanuel Koné (7.2)
• Adrien Thibault Marie Rabiot-Provost (7.2)
• Masour Ousmane Dembélé (8.9)
• Michael Akpovie Olise (7.5)
• Désiré Doué (7.2)
• Kylian Mbappé Lottin (7.9)

Morocco

Yassine Bounou (7.6)

Achraf Hakimi Mouh (6.3)

Issa Laye Lucas Jean Diop (6.5)

Noussair Mazraoui (6)

Anass Salah-Eddine (6.5)

Ayyoub Bouaddi (6.2)

Neil El Aynaoui (6.6)

Brahim Abdelkader Díaz (6.5)

Azzedine Ounahi (6.7)

Chemsdine Talbi (6.2)

Bilal El Khannouss (6.6)

Substitutions:

France

• Kouadio Emmanuel Koné (Warren Zaïre-Emery, 71)
• Kylian Mbappé Lottin (Jean-Philippe Mateta, 77)
• Désiré Doué (Bradley Barcola, 77)
• Jules Olivier Koundé (Malo Gusto, 87)

Morocco

• Ayyoub Bouaddi (Sofyan Amrabat, 62)
• Bilal El Khannouss (Soufiane Rahimi, 62)
• Brahim Abdelkader Díaz (Gessime Yassine, 74)
• Anass Salah-Eddine (Zakaria El Ouahdi, 74)
• Chemsdine Talbi (Mohamed Amine Sbaï, 85)

Ball possession:

Mbappé broke Moroccan resistance on the hour with a typically clinical finish before Dembélé added a second six minutes later to put the holders within one win of another World Cup final.

Passes:

Morocco, who edged possession with 52% of the ball, asked questions of France’s back line, but could not find a way past a well-organised defence marshalled by Dayot Upamecano and screened tirelessly by Adrien Rabiot.

Defense:

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Face-to-face:

### Mbappé turns the tie France’s way

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

Top 5 World Cup scorers: