France vs Morocco LIVE: World Cup 2026 result, latest updates and fan reaction | OneFootball

France win first quarter-final tie in Boston

France are through to the World Cup 2026 semi-finals after beating Morocco at the Boston Stadium on Thursday night. The first of this year’s quarter-final ties was goalless at the break after Kylian Mbappe had his extremely weak penalty saved by Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

There was some controversy over the length of time the Frenchman had to wait before taking the spot kick and the delay appeared to have an impact. However, Mbappe put that miss behind him to break the deadlock on the hour mark with a superb curling effort as the Morocco players complained about an apparent handball in the build up.

Six minutes later, France’s lead was doubled. Ousmane Dembele was afforded far too much space and he used a decoy run from Mbappe to pick out the bottom corner for his fifth goal of the tournament and keep Les Bleus on track to become only the second European nation to contest three consecutive World Cup finals. They progress to face either Spain or Belgium in next week's semi-final. Follow France vs Morocco back from the Boston Stadium below with our dedicated match blog.