France's man of the moment against Morocco Randal Kolo Muani has admitted he "doesn't have the words" to describe his goal that sealed Les Bleus place in the World Cup final.
The Eintracht Frankfurt forward was introduced into the game late on after boss Didier Deschamps opted to hook Ousmane Dembele in favour of Muani and that decision was justified within minutes after he bagged the all important goal to take his country one step closer to World Cup glory.
Was the goal a thing of beauty? Hardly, but will Muani care? Not one bit. The ball broke to him from just yards out after fellow Bondy native Kylian Mbappe weaved his way in and out of Moroccan defenders before his deflected effort fell perfectly into the path of the 24-year-old.
It was a goal that came at the perfect time for France, as after taking an early lead through Theo Hernandez they spent much of the second-half on the back-foot under intense pressure from Morocco. Walid Regragui's side can consider themselves unfortunate to have failed to get on the scoresheet at all.
After the full-time whistle, Muani was struggling to keep his emotions under control as he confessed the moment felt like a dream.
"It’s magical, I don’t have the words to describe it," he told TF1. "We have to give ourselves the means to go all the way. I’m still in a dream, I’m finding it hard to wake up.
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"It’s a good thing I followed Kylian, he’s the one who did all the work. I can be proud of my positioning. Right now it still hasn’t sunk in. We’ll realise it tomorrow morning."
For all of the good feeling, there is still plenty of work to be done from a France perspective if they are to add a third star to their shirt on Sunday evening.
Awaiting them in the last game of the competition are South American giants Argentina, spearheaded by of course none other than seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi.
After a disastrous start that saw them on the wrong end of a shock 2-1 defeat by minnows Saudi Arabia, La Albiceleste have seemingly grown stronger with each passing match.
Lionel Scaloni's side made light work of Croatia in the semi-final, beating them 3-0 in a contest that saw Messi pull the strings once again for his side.
For all of Morocco's efforts, Argentina will pose a much sterner test for France and Deschamps will be desperate for a repeat of the last time these two met at a World Cup, where Les Bleus ran out 4-3 winners four years ago in Russia.
If that is the case, then France will become the first nation to retain the World Cup since Brazil more than five decades ago.
