Football Match Report

"There's emotion, there's pride, there's going to be a final step, we've been together with the players for a month, it's never easy, there's happiness so far."

France poured cold water on the hopes of another miracle when a scramble in the penalty area saw the ball fall toHernandez, who slammed a volley into the back of the net.

It's amazing to play in two World Cup finals in a row. It was difficult, but we are in the final. We will try to win this final.

In the first half at the end of a barnstorming run through the middle from Aurelien Tchouameni, the Frenchman hit the post and missed from point blank range.

Two good saves out of French captain Hugo Lloris and curling set-pieces put the French defence under pressure as Morocco were never overawed.

The north Africans were hit hard by injuries to their key centre backs with the gamble of naming Aguerd in the starting line up failing to come off as he hurt his hammy in the warm-up and skipper Romain Saiss having to go off after 20 minutes.

At the end of the first half, France held on to their lead, despite the audacious overhead kick by Jawad El Yamiq, who almost brought Morocco level.

The first 10 minutes of the second half were spent on France's side of the field as Morocco came out on top.

Kylian Mbappe's mazy run through tight space in the Morocco penalty area led to France's second after the Paris Saint-Germain star's half-shot dribbled toward the goal and the third-fastest goal by a substitute in World Cup history, which was scored by

The Atlas Lions were the first African side to reach the semifinals at the World Cup, but they lost to France.

Regragui said that the most important was giving the maximum. We lost Aguerd in the warm-up and Saiss in the first half. We had to pay for the small mistake. The second goal kills us because we didn't get into the game well and had too much technical waste. That doesn't mean we can't do things we did before.

The head-to-head record between France and Argentina is six wins, three draws and three losses.

France became the first defending champion to reach successive finals since Brazil in 2002 and are looking to become the first team in 60 years to retain the World Cup crown in back-to-back tournaments.

After watching the game with Infantino, the country's president said he was proud of France.

I am very proud of my nation. After the match, he told reporters that he was happy. I want the French to have a good time.

This report was made using information from the news agency.