How to watch France v Morocco live stream and TV - what channel is World Cup 2022 semi-final in Qatar on?

ByEurosport

Updated 14/12/2022 at 19:04 GMT

How to watch France against Morocco in their semi-final encounter at the 2022 World Cup on Wednesday with live stream and TV details, including which channel the match is on. Defending champions France will be looking to follow up their victory over England by reaching the final. However, even with current World Cup top scorer Kylian Mbappe, they could find it hard against a solid Morocco team.

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Defending champions France will look to move a step closer to winning back-to-back World Cups when they face Morocco in the semi-finals.

France booked their place in the last four with a 2-1 victory over England, who saw Harry Kane miss a late penalty. Morocco have been arguably the story of the tournament so far, beating Belgium, Spain and Portugal to become the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

Will Morocco be able to spring another upset or will France advance to the final against Argentina, who reached the World Cup final for the first time since 2014 with a 3-0 semi-final win over Croatia as a masterful Lionel Messi scored a penalty and Julian Alvarez struck a sensational brace.

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Messi, looking to win the World Cup for the first time in his fifth and likely final appearance at the tournament, fired home a first-half penalty to become Argentina’s all-time top scorer in the competition with 11 goals.

Alvarez ran half the length of the pitch to double the Albiceleste’s lead, before Messi went on a dazzling dribble after the break to set up Alvarez for a tap-in. In doing so, Messi equalled Diego Maradona’s record of eight World Cup assists for Argentina, while this was his 25th World Cup appearance – matching the record of Germany legend Lothar Matthaus.

Messi's penalty also moved him on to five goals for the 2022 World Cup, level with France's Kylian Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot.

Messi will now captain his country in Sunday’s final as Argentina look to become world champions for the first time since the Maradona-inspired campaign of 1986, and the third time overall. But who will meet Argentina and attempt to deny Messi is fairytale triumph? We shall find out this evening...

When is France v Morocco?

The World Cup semi-final match between France and Morocco kicks off at 19:00 GMT on Wednesday, December 14.

The World Cup final is at 15:00 GMT on Sunday, December 18.

Olivier Giroud

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Which TV channel is France v Morocco on?

The semi-final between France and Morocco will be shown live on ITV1 in the UK with coverage beginning at 18:15 GMT.

How to follow France v Morocco

We will be hosting live text coverage of the match, and every World Cup match, on eurosport.co.uk and eurosport.com. You can also follow along via the Eurosport app.

France v Morocco head-to-head

This will be the first meeting between France and Morocco since a friendly in 2007 that finished 2-2.

Their only other meeting this century was in 2000 when France ran out 5-1 winners. France and Morocco have never faced off in a World Cup before.

Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud

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'What they have done is remarkable'

Morocco's success in Qatar has been built on their defensive solidity. They have conceded just one goal over five matches and that was an own goal against Canada.

Even with current 2022 World Cup top scorer Kylian Mbappe in their ranks, it should be a tough test for France to break down Morocco.

France right-back Jules Kounde is well aware of Morocco's qualities.

"I'm not worried, but we know they beat big teams to get there and we're going to take it seriously. It's not a surprise to see them here anymore. They deserve to be here," he said.

"They're very compact. They give very little time to the player who has the ball to get organised. You have to play fast and try to break their balance.

"We're well aware of their qualities. They're very efficient with the ball, they combine very quickly to find their two wingers.

"What they have done is remarkable, only conceding an own goal, especially when you see the teams they played. We're going to have to be very precise to score."