France just punched its ticket to a third straight World Cup semi-final, beating Morocco 2-0 in Atlanta on July 9. Didier Deschamps became the first French manager to pull off that hat trick, and only the second manager in World Cup history to do it.
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The match that made history
Deschamps, who has managed France since 2012, guided his squad to a clinical victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Kylian Mbappe missed his initial penalty attempt but recovered to score the opening goal, his 20th in World Cup competition. He then set up Ousmane Dembele for the second, effectively ending the contest.
France’s recent World Cup trajectory reads like a dynasty in the making. They won the whole thing in 2018, lost on penalties in the 2022 final, and now sit in the 2026 semi-finals awaiting either Belgium or Spain.
