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Theo Hernández and Randal Kolo Muani scored as France defeated underdog Morocco, 2-0, in Qatar on Wednesday, sending Les Bleus into the World Cup final against
1998: Youssef Chippo of Morocco. first African to score an own goal at the World Cup, in the 2–2 draw against Norway on 10 June 1998. 2018: Sofyan Amrabat of Morocco, who came on as a substitute for his brother Nordin Amrabat in the 76th minute in the group match against Iran, is the first player in World Cup history to come in for his ...
Morocco also became the first Arab country to reach the quarter-finals, and just the fourth African nation – after Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002, and Ghana in 2010 – to qualify for the last eight. [30] Additionally, Morocco manager Walid Regragui became the first African and first Arab head coach to progress this far at a World Cup.
The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe.
Hind Sabouni bristles with pride as she recalls her country's history-making World Cup run as it eliminated one European soccer powerhouse and former colonial power after another — Belgium ...
Argentina vs Morocco to resume behind closed doors. ... Sport number two of Paris 2024 is rugby sevens, back for a third Olympics with one of the faces of the games set to feature for France ...
4.1 Morocco vs United States. 4.2 Japan vs Spain. ... Toggle Semi-finals subsection. 5.1 Morocco vs Spain. 5.2 France vs Egypt. 6 Bronze medal match. 7 Gold medal ...
Morocco is Africa's first-ever World Cup semifinalist and will play France on Wednesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help ...