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World Cup 2022: France on to final, but not without a Moroccan fight

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AL KHOR, Qatar — Theo Hernández’s flying goal could have snapped Morocco out of its monthlong reverie. It came so early on this Wednesday night of history and zeal, after just 4 minutes, 38 seconds. It could've silenced the piercing whistles and rousing roars that accompanied Morocco to the Al Bayt Stadium for a World Cup semifinal because it could've proved that France was superior, that order was being restored, that a France-Argentina final was destiny.

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But over the 85 minutes that followed, instead, Morocco proved that it belonged.