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Just started. France in all white because FIFA.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

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Jesus Petry wrote:

Just started. France in all white because FIFA.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

Clear foul and YC that the ref should have shown to France. It looked
like this live and even clearer on the replay.

Otherwise, France are attacking quite forcefully, had one big chance
already, Morocco defend well but inexistent in attack.
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On 09/07/2026 17:17, FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

Just started. France in all white because FIFA.

Clear foul and YC that the ref should have shown to France. It looked
like this live and even clearer on the replay.

Otherwise, France are attacking quite forcefully, had one big chance
already, Morocco defend well but inexistent in attack.

It seems Morocco are adopting the Paraguayan approach, which was very effective except for a VAR slow motion penalty.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

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On 09/07/2026 17:24, Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:17, FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

-a Just started. France in all white because FIFA.

Clear foul and YC that the ref should have shown to France. It looked
like this live and even clearer on the replay.

Otherwise, France are attacking quite forcefully, had one big chance
already, Morocco defend well but inexistent in attack.

-aIt seems Morocco are adopting the Paraguayan approach, which was very effective except for a VAR slow motion penalty.

Penalty to France, but VAR is checking... Confirmed. Mbapp|-, who won
it, to take it... Bono saves it!!!

28' 0-0

-aTchau!
-aJesus Petry
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FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

Just started. France in all white because FIFA.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

Clear foul and YC that the ref should have shown to France. It looked
like this live and even clearer on the replay.

Otherwise, France are attacking quite forcefully, had one big chance
already, Morocco defend well but inexistent in attack.

Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak execution.
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On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

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End of first half, 0-0.

-aTchau!
-aJesus Petry
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Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak
execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

No way. It was a clear late tackle. Not even the moroccans protested.

I wouldn't have called the handball for Morocco in the last minute. The
shot came from very near and was quite strong. Fortunately Hakimi did
nothing with it.

Over-all, very disappointing evolution for Morocco in the first half.
Did next to nothing in attack and were quite lucky several times in
defense. The french had 3 or 4 excellent chances besides the penalty,
but missed them all. Morocco lucky to still have 0 - 0 at half time.
If this goes on like this in the second half, France deserve to win.
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FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak
execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

No way. It was a clear late tackle. Not even the moroccans protested.

I wouldn't have called the handball for Morocco in the last minute.
The shot came from very near and was quite strong. Fortunately Hakimi
did nothing with it.

Over-all, very disappointing evolution for Morocco in the first half.
Did next to nothing in attack and were quite lucky several times in
defense. The french had 3 or 4 excellent chances besides the penalty,
but missed them all. Morocco lucky to still have 0 - 0 at half time.
If this goes on like this in the second half, France deserve to win.

Finally Mbappe scores, with a fine shot near the right post. Bono dived
but couldn't do anything this time.

1 - 0, desrved lead by France. Now Morocco have to show something else
or they're out.
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FF wrote:

FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak
execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

No way. It was a clear late tackle. Not even the moroccans
protested.

I wouldn't have called the handball for Morocco in the last minute.
The shot came from very near and was quite strong. Fortunately
Hakimi did nothing with it.

Over-all, very disappointing evolution for Morocco in the first
half. Did next to nothing in attack and were quite lucky several
times in defense. The french had 3 or 4 excellent chances besides
the penalty, but missed them all. Morocco lucky to still have 0 - 0
at half time. If this goes on like this in the second half, France
deserve to win.

Finally Mbappe scores, with a fine shot near the right post. Bono
dived but couldn't do anything this time.

1 - 0, desrved lead by France. Now Morocco have to show something else
or they're out.

And now 2 - 0, quick central action by France, finalized by Dembele
with a low shot to the right from outside the box.
The way France are playing, hard to see Morocco turning things around.
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FF <...@yahoo.com> wrote:

FF wrote:

FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak
execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

No way. It was a clear late tackle. Not even the moroccans
protested.

I wouldn't have called the handball for Morocco in the last minute.
The shot came from very near and was quite strong. Fortunately
Hakimi did nothing with it.

Over-all, very disappointing evolution for Morocco in the first
half. Did next to nothing in attack and were quite lucky several
times in defense. The french had 3 or 4 excellent chances besides
the penalty, but missed them all. Morocco lucky to still have 0 - 0
at half time. If this goes on like this in the second half, France
deserve to win.

Finally Mbappe scores, with a fine shot near the right post. Bono
dived but couldn't do anything this time.

1 - 0, desrved lead by France. Now Morocco have to show something else
or they're out.

And now 2 - 0, quick central action by France, finalized by Dembele
with a low shot to the right from outside the box.
The way France are playing, hard to see Morocco turning things around.

The result may be the same (so far) as in the semifinal
four years ago, but the gulf between the two teams is
way bigger than it was back then.


Ciao,
Werner


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Werner Pichler wrote:

FF <...@yahoo.com> wrote:

FF wrote:

FF wrote:

Jesus Petry wrote:

On 09/07/2026 17:29, FF wrote:

FF wrote:
Clear penalty for France now, which Mbappe misses. Very weak
execution.

I thought it was quite debatable. Mazraoui took a risk with the
tackle, but to me Mbapp|- seeked contact.

Tchau!
Jesus Petry

No way. It was a clear late tackle. Not even the moroccans
protested.

I wouldn't have called the handball for Morocco in the last

minute. >>> The shot came from very near and was quite strong.
Fortunately >>> Hakimi did nothing with it.

Over-all, very disappointing evolution for Morocco in the first
half. Did next to nothing in attack and were quite lucky several
times in defense. The french had 3 or 4 excellent chances besides
the penalty, but missed them all. Morocco lucky to still have 0 -

0 >>> at half time. If this goes on like this in the second half,
France >>> deserve to win.

Finally Mbappe scores, with a fine shot near the right post. Bono
dived but couldn't do anything this time.

1 - 0, desrved lead by France. Now Morocco have to show something

else >> or they're out.

And now 2 - 0, quick central action by France, finalized by Dembele
with a low shot to the right from outside the box.
The way France are playing, hard to see Morocco turning things
around.

The result may be the same (so far) as in the semifinal
four years ago, but the gulf between the two teams is
way bigger than it was back then.

Ciao,
Werner

Indeed.

2 - 0 final score, and this time there is no doubt as to who the
rightful winner was.
Assuming (very likely) that Spain make it too, it will be a game to
watch.
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 21:28:00 -0000 (UTC), "FF" <...@yahoo.com> wrote:

FF wrote:

Finally Mbappe scores, with a fine shot near the right post. Bono dived
but couldn't do anything this time.

1 - 0, desrved lead by France. Now Morocco have to show something else
or they're out.

For what it's worth, there was a pretty clear handball by Rabiot about
10 seconds before the Mbappe goal: he went into a tackle with Brahim
Diaz and won the ball, but the ball then ricocheted onto his right
hand, allowing him to control it and pass it wide to Digne. His cross
was cleared by a Moroccan defender, a couple more aerial duels won by
the French, until the ball finally landed to Doue, then Mbappe, and in
the back of the net.

I think not reviewing the play was the common sense thing to do (also,
it's possible that the Moroccan defender's clearance "reset" the whole sequence, so that VAR could not intervene any more...but I'm not
exactly sure what the protocol is), but in light of some recent precedents...who knows?

Anyway, easy and clearly deserved win for France. Disappointing for
Morocco that they went out with a whimper after a very good World Cup.




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