{"id":36961,"date":"2026-07-09T22:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/09\/kylian-mbappe-propels-france-to-third-consecutive-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-with-victory-over-morocco\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:42:56","slug":"kylian-mbappe-propels-france-to-third-consecutive-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-with-victory-over-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/09\/kylian-mbappe-propels-france-to-third-consecutive-fifa-world-cup-semi-final-with-victory-over-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe Propels France to Third Consecutive FIFA World Cup Semi-Final with Victory Over Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>France Advances to FIFA World Cup Semi-Finals with Win Over Morocco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France secured a spot in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals for the third straight time by defeating Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Wednesday. The match started slowly, with both teams unable to find the net in the first half. Morocco&#8217;s goalkeeper, Yacine Bounou, made several crucial saves, including stopping a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappe.<\/p>\n<p>The game took a turn in the 60th minute when France\u2019s captain, Mbappe, scored a beautiful curling shot from outside the penalty area, breaking the deadlock. Just six minutes later, Ousmane Dembele extended the lead, finishing a well-crafted play initiated by Mbappe. From there, France maintained control, comfortably leading until the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>This victory keeps France&#8217;s hopes alive for a second World Cup title after their triumph in 2018. Meanwhile, Morocco, which had an impressive tournament run, saw their journey end in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France Advances to FIFA World Cup Semi-Finals with Win Over Morocco France secured a spot in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals for the third straight time by defeating Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Wednesday. The match started slowly, with both teams unable to find the net in the first half. Morocco&#8217;s goalkeeper, Yacine Bounou, made<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[34650,48812,48729,6375,215,48811],"class_list":["post-36961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-fifa-world-cup-semi-final","tag-france-vs-morocco","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-ousmane-dembele","tag-yacine-bounou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}