New Delhi, July 10 -- FOXBOROUGH - Kylian Mbappe had already seen his 28th-minute penalty pushed away by Yassine Bounou when, with the game still scoreless and an hour played, he cut left and curled his eighth goal of the tournament into the far corner. Six minutes later, Ousmane Dembele arrived to steer a low finish through Bounou's reach. France 2, Morocco 0 at Gillette Stadium, and a World Cup rematch four years in the making was settled in a ten-minute second-half burst that Morocco had no answer for.

France are in the 2026 World Cup semifinals, defeating Morocco for the second consecutive major tournament by the same scoreline, advancing to face either Spain or Belgium in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday. They were the better side across...