Morocco midfielder and Liverpool transfer target Sofyan Amrabat has confessed he had a chat with Olivier Giroud mid-game and asked the France striker to stop man-marking him.
The two nations met in the World Cup semi-finals as Morocco became the first African nation to ever reach the last four of the competition, but that was as far as they could go as Les Bleus ran out 2-0 winners on the night. Theo Hernandez opened the scoring inside the first five minutes, before substitute Randal Kolo Muani put the result beyond any doubt late on.
Though they came into the game as huge underdogs, Morocco can consider themselves unfortunate to have not progressed to the final with Walid Regragui's side boasting 61% possession and a number of clear-cut chances.
