They can dance like they did against Sweden, they can "knock out" the grumpy and belligerent Paraguayans, and they can also make a team that plays beautiful and attacking football completely harmless.
France is a force - it was clear even before the World Cup, and confirmation came in the quarterfinals in the Boston sun. The "Tricolors" "swallowed" the overly scared Morocco and with a clean 2:0 and total dominance, once again placed themselves among the four best teams in the world.
Mohamed Ousmane Dembele's team, which started timidly and without a classic striker (Ismael Saibari's injury is no excuse), somehow held their own in the first half, even surviving a penalty, and then Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele got the machinery going.
France is in the semi-finals - Spain or Belgium await.
Didier Deschamps' team had as many as 13 shots and a penalty in the first half, but the scoreboard in Foxborough showed 0:0.
Dayo Upamecano had a great chance right away, Mbappe missed a penalty, and Desiree Due didn't have the strength to shoot harder after a great breakthrough - all their attempts were saved by the phenomenal Yassin Bono. At the end of the first half, Luka Dinjo's masterful shot was stopped by the crossbar.
During that time, almost nothing from the best African team - Achraf Hakimi's weak free kick was all.
Morocco entered the second half a little better, but it was short-lived - Mbappe and Dembele quickly put things in their place.
France's "ten" was a natural winner, and they reminded each other in the 60th minute. The man who scored his 20th goal at the World Cup (only Lionel Messi has one more) masterfully hit a diagonal shot from the left into the far corner - even the in-form Bono had no chance (1:0).
Six minutes later it was already 2:0 - Dembele passed through the middle and this time checked the poorly positioned Moroccan goalkeeper.
Only after that did Morocco have two solid chances, but it was clear from the first minute that this was another night for France.
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