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France beats Morocco to reach World Cup semi-finals; Macron announces minute of silence for Nice victims
July 13, 2026 at 06:11 PM
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20 reports · 16 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 193 hours
France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup quarter-final on July 9, advancing to the semi-finals, and President Macron announced a minute of silence before the semi-final for the victims of the 2016 Nice attack.
- France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the quarter-final on July 9, with Kylian Mbappé scoring the opening goal and setting up Ousmane Dembélé for the second.
- Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved a first-half penalty from Mbappé but could not prevent the French from scoring twice in the second half.
- President Emmanuel Macron announced a minute of silence will be observed before the France-Spain semi-final on July 13 to honor the victims of the 2016 Nice attack.





