{"id":22749,"date":"2026-07-10T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22749"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:55:16","slug":"mbappe-and-dembele-shine-as-france-defeat-morocco-to-reach-fifa-world-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22749","title":{"rendered":"Mbappe and Dembele Shine as France Defeat Morocco to Reach FIFA World Cup Semi-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>\u00a0Captain Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 delivered impressive performances as France defeated Morocco to become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">France dominated the match from the opening whistle, maintaining constant pressure on their opponents. Despite several attempts by both sides, the first half ended in a goalless draw. However, France took control in the second half by scoring two goals within six minutes to seal the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The first quarter-final, played at Boston Stadium, got off to a thrilling start. The French side launched repeated attacks on Morocco\u2019s goal. France was awarded a penalty after Mbapp\u00e9 was brought down inside the penalty area, but the Moroccan goalkeeper made an excellent save to deny his spot-kick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The first half finished without a goal, while France continued its attacking display after the break. Mbapp\u00e9 finally broke the deadlock in the 60th minute to give his side the lead, and Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 doubled France\u2019s advantage with a superb goal in the 66th minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Morocco earned a free kick in the 82nd minute, but the French goalkeeper produced another fine save to keep the effort out. Shortly afterward, Morocco created another scoring opportunity, but their player&#8217;s attempt also failed to find the net.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco had previously delivered an impressive performance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Russia, where the team reached the semi-finals before being defeated by Croatia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Captain Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 delivered impressive performances as France defeated Morocco to become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. France dominated the match from the opening whistle, maintaining constant pressure on their opponents. Despite several attempts by both sides, the first half ended in a goalless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[12380,8948,1138,13057,13056,13058],"class_list":["post-22749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-france","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-morocco","tag-ousmane-dembele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22751,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22749\/revisions\/22751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}