Mbappé, Dembélé Send France Past Morocco Into WC Semis
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- France beat Morocco 2-0 in the first of the 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals, played Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Mbappé had his penalty saved early in the first half but still scored one of France's two goals
- Ousmane Dembélé added the second goal to complete the 2-0 scoreline
- The win sends Didier Deschamps' France to a third consecutive World Cup semifinal
- The match was a rematch of the France-Morocco 2022 World Cup semifinal
Why it matters: Mbappé rebounded from a saved first-half penalty to score, and Dembélé added a second to book France's third straight World Cup semifinal under Deschamps. The 2-0 result reverses the tension of the same 2022 semifinal pairing, this time by a clean two-goal margin.
