Four years after France defeated Morocco en route to the 2022 World Cup final, the two sides met again on the world stage, this time with a trip to the semifinals on the line.
Much had changed in the time since Theo Hernández and Randal Kolo Muani fired Les Bleus to a 2–0 victory in Qatar. The likes of Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Raphaël Varane and Hugo Lloris, who all started for Didier Deschamps’s side at Al Bayt Stadium, retired from the national team. Kylian Mbappé transferred to Real Madrid. Ousmane Dembélé won the 2025 Ballon d’Or.
