France thrashed many Morocco fans hearts when they scored inside the first 6 minutes of the FIFA World Cup 2022 semifinals on Thursday (December 15). Theo Hernandez's acrobatic effort got the defending the early lead they were looking for and there was one moment when the Moroccan fans were roaring their team to make a comeback. It all happened moments before the half time whistle, Morocco got a corner and defender El Yamiq tried the spectacular to level the scoring in the semifinals. However, France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was on his toes to deny the effort and Les Blues walked into the dressing room with a one goal advantage at halft-time. (Follow LIVE France vs Morocco here)
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El Yamiq that bicycle kick was insane bruh pic.twitter.com/LdxPBov8IC
— Hemant (@Sportscasmm) December 14, 2022
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Nearly a spectacular goal from El Yamiq!
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 14, 2022
Theo Hernandez's goal gave defending champions France a 1-0 lead going into half-time against Morocco in the second semi-final match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium. France started off aggressively as in the fifth minute Antoine Griezmann's assist helped Kylian Mbappe take a left-footed shot from the centre of the box but it was blocked. Theo Hernandez's left footed shot from the left side of the six-yard box hit the bottom left corner, giving the 2018 champions a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute of the match. Morocco wasn't too far behind as Noussair Mazraoui's assist helped Azzedine Ounahi's right-footed attempt from outside the box was saved in the bottom right corner.
In the 11th minute, Antoine Griezmann tried a through ball, but Kylian Mbappe was caught offside. In the 17th minute, Achraf Hakimi's right-footed shot from outside the box was blocked coming from Selim Amallah's assist. Ten minutes later Sofiane Boufal of Morocco was shown a yellow card for a bad foul. In the 31st minute, Sofiane Boufal tried a through ball for Morocco but Noussair Mazraoui was caught offside.
Two minutes later Kylian Mbappe's assisted Aurelien Tchouameni of France's right-footed shot from outside the box was blocked. There were numerous attempts made by the defending champions France but they could not double their lead going into half-time with a solitary goal lead. Morocco had more possession than France having 56 per cent of it while the defending champions had only 44 per cent. Both the teams had two shots on target each going into half-time. (With ANI inputs)
