France vs Morocco World Cup 2026 Match 97 Quarterfinal

France beat Morocco 2-0 in Match 97 of the World Cup 2026 quarterfinals.

The match was played on July 9, 2026 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

France advance to Match 101, the semifinal at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Live status: France vs Morocco is final. France beat Morocco 2-0 in Match 97 and advanced to Match 101.

The match was played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. France now face Spain in the Arlington semifinal.

For the current matchday path, use Games Today for the next quarterfinal, the quarterfinal bracket hub for the full route, and this match hub for France vs Morocco result context.

France vs Morocco is now full-time, so the lineup check is secondary to the confirmed 2-0 result and semifinal path.

This page did not archive the player-by-player starting XIs during the live window. The useful post-match checks are France's control, Morocco's elimination and how France prepare for Spain.

France won Group I, beat Sweden 3-0 in Match 77, then beat Paraguay 1-0 in Match 89. The Paraguay result matters because it showed France can still move through a tighter knockout script after the cleaner Sweden scoreline.

That route gives France a strong quarterfinal case: group control, a convincing first knockout result and a narrow Round of 16 win that keeps the pressure on their attacking efficiency.

Morocco finished second in Group C, beat the Netherlands on penalties in Match 75, then beat Canada 1-0 in Match 90. The route has been tense, but it also shows a side comfortable living in narrow margins.

That matters against France. Morocco do not need an open match to be dangerous; they need the game to stay close enough for defensive structure, transitions and set pieces to matter deep into the second half.

France vs Morocco was played on July 9 at 4:00 PM local time in Foxborough, which is 20:00 UTC. The venue was Gillette Stadium.

The bracket path is now confirmed: France advanced to Match 101, where they will face Spain in the semifinals. The full matchup is tracked on the France vs Spain semifinal page.

France's best route is pressure without impatience: keep Morocco pinned back, move the ball quickly enough to shift the block and avoid turning long possessions into easy counterattacking triggers.

Morocco's best route is resistance with purpose: keep the match narrow, protect the central spaces and make every French turnover feel like a real chance rather than a clearance.

The match status is final: France 2-0 Morocco.

For matchday planning, the useful links are now the Games Today hub for Norway vs England and the quarterfinal bracket for France's Match 101 semifinal route.