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France 2 Morocco 0 Hernández (5'minutes), Kolo Muani (79'minutes) France were pushed all the way by World Cup wild cards Morocco before the holders sealed a place in Sunday's final against Argentina. a50d22d9-cdb6-4d65-bb53-704e2336eac0.jpg The first African side to reach a World Cup semi-final refused to buckle despite suffering the early blows of losing key defender Nayef Aguerd to injury after he was named in the starting line-up, and then going behind to Theo Hernandez's scrambled fifth minu…

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Wednesday's Semi-Final is (19:00 GMT) France v Morocco. Another match with historic relevance to Morocco, as France, as well as previous opponents Spain and Portugal, have all had a big part in the history of the country France has defied whispers of disharmony, a glut of injuries and the curse of reigning champions to reach the final four, surviving an almighty scare from a spirited England in the quarter-finals. Morocco - "the team that everyone loves in this World Cup" according to manager Wa…

Argentina 3 Croatia 0 Messi (34'minutes pen), Álvarez (39'minutes, 69'minutes) Argentina's master and pupil Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez combined to deadly effect as they reached their sixth World Cup final with victory over Croatia at Lusail Stadium. 1191bcce-eca9-4cc2-95f2-c71ce3e8e47e.jpg Messi looked to be struggling with a hamstring problem early on but recovered enough to break the deadlock from the penalty spot after 34 minutes following Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic's foul on t…

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Tuesday's Semi-Final is (19:00 GMT) Argentina v Croatia, between the competition's last two silver-medallists. Both nations endured physically and emotionally draining quarter-finals which were sent to penalties by a late equaliser. Argentina managed to recover from the shock of a quick-fire Dutch double to win on spot-kicks - unlike their South American rivals Brazil. Croatia extended their 100% record to five successive shootouts at the expense of the Selecao. This is a meeting between two cam…

England 1 France 2 Kane (54'minutes pen) Tchouaméni (17'minutes), Giroud (78'minutes) England's World Cup campaign ended in disappointment as they went out despite a fine performance in the quarter-final against France at Al Bayt Stadium. 278fc46e-10ba-4ca7-a4a9-015a5e8bcf3c.jpg France took a 17th-minute lead when Aurelien Tchouameni's 25-yard drive beat Jordan Pickford low to his right. England were the better team for long spells and created chances, deservedly pulling level nine minutes after…

Morocco 1 Portugal 0 En-Nesyri (42'minutes), Cheddira (Dismissed at 90'+3minutes) Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal. _127964673_youssefen-nesriputsmoroccoahead.jpg Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the first half, leaping highest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to spark pandemonium at Al Thumama Stadium. The north African side's supporters populated most of the v…

Saturday's Quater-Finals are (15:00 GMT) Morocco v Portugal and (19:00 GMT) England v France ------------------------------------------------ Morocco line up against Portugal for their first-ever World Cup quarter-final. Morocco refused to be hypnotised by Spain's thousand passes, denying La Roja a goal in normal time, extra time or even the penalty shootout. If they can pull off an equal performance, and beat Portugal, they would be the first African nation to reach the semi-finals. And should …

Netherlands 2 Argentina 2 Weghorst (83'minutes, 90'+11minutes) Molina (35'minutes), Messi (73'minutes pen) Argentina win 4-3 on penalties Lionel Messi's World Cup dream lives on after Argentina edged out the Netherlands on penalties after a hugely dramatic quarter-final at Lusail Stadium. 6e9a8bcf-2e44-4e93-b2fb-ac6a95020a4c.jpg Messi looked to have inspired Argentina into a last-four meeting with Brazil's conquerors Croatia when he set up Nahuel Molina's opener 10 minutes before the break and t…

Croatia 1 Brazil 1 Petkovic (117'minutes) Neymar (105'+1minutes) Croatia win 4-2 on penalties Tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia kept their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals. 435fb6ab-d30b-460a-9acb-146519098ad3.jpg After an engrossing 90 minutes, Tite's men thought they have won it in extra time when Neymar scored a thumping effort to equal Brazil's 'official' men's goalscoring record. But substitute Bruno Petkovic had other ideas, stro…

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Friday's Quater-Finals are (15:00 GMT) Croatia v Brazil and (19:00 GMT) Netherlands v Argentina ------------------------------------------------ Croatia go up against Brazil in a meeting between two teams that delivered contrasting displays to make it into the World Cup quarter-finals. Croatia laboured through 120 minutes and penalties to squeak past Japan Croatia were missing two options at fullback against Japan. Josip Stanisic is yet to make an appearance in Qatar but didn't make the bench fo…

Portugal 6 Switzerland 1 Gonçalo Ramos (17'minutes, 51'minutes, 67'minutes), Pepe (33'minutes), Guerreiro (55'minutes), Rafael Leão (90'+2minutes) Akanji (58'minutes) Portugal coach Fernando Santos dropped Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench for the last-16 meeting with Switzerland and was rewarded with a hat-trick from replacement Goncalo Ramos and a stunning team display. _127910868_gettyimages-1447215224.jpg Santos expressed his displeasure at gestures made by Ronaldo when he was substituted in th…

Morocco 0 Spain 0 Morocco win 3-0 on penalties Achraf Hakimi made himself a hero with a chipped winning penalty as Morocco stunned Spain in a shootout after a goalless draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. dd290a7d-5351-4bbb-b5cc-c264842c425f.jpg Spain hogged the ball and Morocco sat back plugging the gaps, with very few clear-cut chances being created. Luis Enrique's side came closest to breaking the deadlock courtesy of Dani Olmo, who struck an arrowed drive from the angle which Bounou p…

Tuesday's Round of 16 games are (15:00 GMT) Morocco v Spain and (19:00 GMT) Portugal v Switzerland ------------------------------------------------ Morocco face Spain in the round of 16 tie between two nations from different continents separated by less than ten miles. Morocco became the first African team to top their World Cup group in the 21st century. A composed and controlled victory against Canada, reflective of their conduct throughout the competition. Yassine Bounou was a late withdrawal…

Brazil 4 South Korea 1 Vinícius Júnior (7'minutes), Neymar (13'minutes pen), Richarlison (29'minutes), Lucas Paquetá (36'minutes) Paik Seung-ho (76'minutes) Brazil delivered an ominous message to their World Cup rivals with a dazzling display of attacking brilliance to dismantle South Korea and set up a quarter-final against Croatia. _127898322_gettyimages-1446980138.jpg Vinicius Junior set the tone with a composed penalty-area finish from Raphinha's cross after seven minutes, and Neymar doubled…

Japan 1 Croatia 1 Maeda (43'minutes) Perisic (55'minutes) Croatia win 3-1 on penalties Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero, saving three penalties in the shootout, as Croatia edged past Japan after a 1-1 draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. 14e172a7-af9f-4dc6-83dd-8399f70dbeb7.jpg Japan were the livelier side and took a deserved lead two minutes before half-time when Celtic forward Daizen Maeda converted from Yoshida's knock down. Croatia levelled in the second half courtesy of Ivan…

Monday's Round of 16 games are (15:00 GMT) Japan v Croatia and (19:00 GMT) Brazil v South Korea ------------------------------------------------ The World Cup's surprise package Japan face Croatia in the round of 16. Japan's opening-game victory over Germany was dubbed "the Miracle of Doha" but Hajime Moriyasu's second-half specialists repeated the trick against Spain in their final match, finishing top of this year's so-called 'Group of Death' despite losing to Costa Rica. Hiroki Sakai and Take…

England 3 Senegal 0 Henderson (38'minutes), Kane (45'+3minutes), Saka (57'minutes) England will meet France in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday after an impressive demolition of Senegal at Al Bayt Stadium. _127884629_gettyimages-1245364303.jpg Gareth Southgate's side survived a nervy opening in which goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made an outstanding save from Boulaye Dia to run out convincing winners with a powerful display of attacking strength. Jude Bellingham was England's star man, sett…