France have certainly been made to work for their place in another World Cup final. Morocco were wonderful yet again but a remarkable journey is at an end.
Date published: Wednesday 14th December 2022 10:33 -
But while those players showed yet more to suggest they belong at this level on a more permanent basis, France have already operated there for long enough not to be knocked off course. Not when they conceded first against Australia in their opener. Not when Denmark gave them a game. Not when Tunisia forced a rethink of their squad depth. Not when Poland started brightly. Not when England had them on the ropes. Not here, when perhaps second-best overall again.
France took the sort of early lead the neutral must have dreaded. The wintry breath of the last punter to frantically point out Morocco had not conceded a single goal scored by an opposition player at the tournament thus far had barely settled in the air by the time Theo Hernandez finished cleverly.
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