Les Bleus won 2-0 with goals from Theo Hernández after 4 minutes of the first half and Randal Kolo Muani after 34 minutes of the second.

The current champion, France, eliminated Morocco on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory in the semifinal played in Al Bayt and will define the Qatar 2022 World Cup title next Sunday with Argentina.

Milan winger Theo Hernández (5m.PT) and the striker Randal Kolo Muaini (34m.ST) scored the goals of the match watched from the box by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in the company of the highest authority of FIFA, the Swiss Gianni Infantino.

The finalists of the first World Cup in the Middle East will meet this Sunday from 12:00 at the Lusail Stadium, led by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé, teammates in Paris Saint-Germainand top scorers of this edition with 5 goals each.

France will go in search of a two-time consecutive championship that only Italy achieved during the fascist period (1934-1938) and Brazil (1958-1962) during the first years of "O Rei" Pelé.

Argentina, which has not crowned since 1986 with Diego Maradona, has a 2-1 advantage in the World Cup history with the French but lost in the only previous direct elimination (3-4 for the round of 16 in Russia 2018). His two wins were in the group stage of 1930 (1-0) and 1978 (2-1).

Morocco and Croatia, who shared Group F in Qatar and drew 0-0, will meet again for third place on Saturday at 12:00 at the Khalifa International stadium.

An individual error, a fatal moment, can change all the plans in a match. That happened to Morocco after a failed closure by El Yamiq gave him time and space to unbalance Griezmann in his interesting version of a late attacker behind the striker. The Atlético de Madrid footballer stepped into the area with a dominated ball, located Mbappé and Hernández, on the left, appeared to capitalize on a rebound and make it 1-0.

The early opening of the scoreboard enabled an open process semifinal in the first half. The African national team, structured with a 5-man defensive line, was forced to let go of their full-backs and Hakimi noted his hierarchyto initiate advances in partnership with Ziyech on the right wing.

Morocco showed a good concept to build a game but did not have the rocky defense on which it was based to become the first Arab team among the best four in a World Cup.

Before leaving replaced due to injury, their captain Romain Saiss lost his back and Giroud burst the right post after entering the area with a dominated ball. In each cut, France attacked the spaces with the danger of their forwards, assisted by Griezmann and a complete midfielder like Tchouaméni.

At minute 35, the Real Madrid player assisted Mbappé, spicy from left to center, in a play that was close to becoming the second, before Morocco's reaction at the end of the first stage.The stick saved Lloris against a Chilean from El Yamiq

Regragui sought greater depth on the left flank with Attiat-Allah to exploit the spaces in the French setback and the winger made two appearances 7 minutes into the second half that almost became 1-1.

France withdrew with all their men in their own half and Mbappé set up ground for his feline speed and artistic skills to simulate fouls on each divided ball. The game was raised with an uncertain outcome because Morocco exposed the rival's defensive weaknesses, although without efficiency to reach the goal.

Everything was resolved with the entry of Randal Kolo Muani , a player who made the final list days before the World Cup due to Christopher Nkunku's injury. The Franco-Congolese, like Theo, billed a lost ball after a management by Mbappé in the area.

With their numerous partiality off, the Moroccans tried the feat in the final stretch and deserved the discount goal but luck and Lloris's good answers prevented it.

While the French were already in the locker room, after a delayed celebration, the Africans stayed on the field to thank their fans for their support in a performance that will go down in history.

Synthesis.

Goal in the first half: 5m. Hernandez (F).

Goal in the second half : 34m. Kolo Muani (F).

Changes: in the first half: 21m. Selim Amallah by Saiss (M). In the second half, at the beginning, Yahya Attiat-Allah by Mazraouni (M); 20m. Marcus Thuram for Giroud (F); 22m. Abderrazak Hamdallah for Boufal and Zakaria Aboukhlal for En-Nesyri (M); 33m. Abde Ezzalzouli for Amallah (M) and Randal Kolo Muani for Dembelé (F).

Booked: Boufal (M).

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico), assisted by his compatriots Alberto Morin (line 1), Miguel Hernández (line 2) and the Canadian Drew Fischer (VAR).

Stadium: Al Bayt.

Audience: 68,294 viewers. 

Source: FIFA.