France Reaches World Cup Finals, Defeats Morocco 2–0

French defender (22) Theo Hernandez strikes the ball to score his team's first goal past Morocco's goalkeeper (1) Yassine Bounou during the Qatar 2022 World Cup semi-final football match between France and Morocco at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, on Dec. 14, 2022. Adrian Dennic/AFP via Getty Images

France’s soccer team ended Morocco’s World Cup run 2–0 in the last semi-final on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the packed 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar.

The goals came off of deflected shots from Frenchman forward Kylian Mbappe—leading to goals from Theo Hernández in the fifth minute and Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th.