Les Bleus move into semi-finals after win over Morocco

Men's football•

A France side featuring Paris Saint-Germain's Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé beat Achraf Hakimi's Morocco 2–0 at Foxborough's Gillette Stadium yesterday in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. L'Équipe de France des Parisiens Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola et Ousmane Dembélé s'est qualifiée face au Maroc d’Achraf Hakimi (2-0), ce jeudi 9 juillet 2026 au Gillette Stadium de Foxborough, dans le cadre des quarts de finale de la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA 2026.

Having both been named in their side's starting XI, Doué and Dembélé would end up contributing directly to France's victory, with the former providing an assist for Les Bleus' opening goal before the latter netted his side's second. As for Barcola and Zaïre-Emery, these two Paris players came off the bench in the second half, with Hernandez remaining an unused substitute.

Meanwhile, Hakimi captained the Atlas Lions for the entirety of the fixture.

FRANCE 2–0 MOROCCO (0–0 at HT)

FIFA World Cup 2026 – Quarter-finals

Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, United States)

Goals: Mbappé (60') and Dembélé (66').

FRANCE: Maignan, Digne, Saliba, Upamecano, Koundé (Gusto, 87'), Rabiot, Koné (Zaïre-Emery, 71'), Doué (Barcola, 78'), Olise, Dembélé, Mbappé (Mateta, 77'). Coach: Didier Deschamps.

MOROCCO: Bounou, Salah-Eddine (El Ouahdi, 74'), Mazraoui, Diop, Hakimi, El Aynaoui, Bouaddi (Amrabat, 62'), Talbi (Sbaï, 85'), Ounahi, Díaz (Yassine, 74'), El Khannouss (Rahimi, 62'). Coach: Mohamed Ouahbi.