Pakistan, July 11 -- France did it to Morocco again at the World Cup. For the second straight tournament, Morocco was ousted by the French 2-0 - this time in the quarterfinals on Thursday at Gillette Stadium, four years after losing by the same score in the semifinals.

With very few attacking chances, Morocco landed only one shot on goal, and that came in the 82nd minute while already trailing by two goals.

It was the same ending as in Qatar, when the Atlas Lions became the first African team to reach the semifinals at a World Cup.

"The future will be bright if we continue like this, but that doesn't mean we didn't want to win today. Of course, we wanted to win today," Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi said through a translator. "We did eve...