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Key events
France swanned their measurement done Group I. They elegantly survived nan Senegal test. Took a two-hour large wind break successful their stride to spot disconnected Iraq. Then eased past Norway B acknowledgment to Ousmane Dembélé’s quick-fire first-half hat-trick.
Then successful nan knockouts, things went from nan sublime to nan ridiculous. And present we are.
… and truthful to nan business extremity of this World Cup. But let’s commencement this communicative from nan very beginning.
Preamble
It’s a rerun of nan 2022 semi-final. France were expected to make easy activity of Morocco 4 years agone successful Qatar, but nan Atlas Lions gave them a bully tally for their money …
… and since then, Morocco person since go champions of Africa, caveats aside, and nan sixth champion squad successful nan rankings. They’re nan existent deal, and while France are erstwhile again tipped to look victorious this evening, it’s nary longer pinch nan assumptions of old. France person ambitions to triumph this title, but truthful do Morocco, who successful summation are besides aft revenge. This, then, is group up deliciously. Kick disconnected is astatine 4pm successful Boston (9pm BST/6am AEST). It’s on!
