The defending champions will take on Argentina on Sunday.
France beat Africa's first-ever semifinalist 2-0 Wednesday, with Mbappé playing a part in goals by Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and then substitute Randal Kolo Muani in the 79th.
There will be no team from the Arab world in the final of the first World Cup in the Middle East, a prospect that seemed nigh impossible before the tournament. Hernandez's goal was the first scored against them by an opposition player in the tournament — the other had been an own-goal — and came amid defensive rearrangement forced by injuries to Morocco's two best center backs. Nayef Aguerd competed in the warmup but didn't come out for kickoff, while captain Romain Saiss lasted only 21 minutes before limping off with a hamstring injury.
Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé waves to supporters in Nimes, southern France, on October 12, 2022.Typically a defense-first team, Morocco was forced to come out and play and, roared on by tens of thousands of fans who dominated the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium, the team penned back France.
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