Kylian Mbappe and France made it again to the semifinals of the World Cup on Saturday by beating England 2-1. Olivier Giroud scored within the 78th minute at Al Bayt Stadium to maintain France heading in the right direction to develop into the primary group since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups.
England striker Harry Kane had an opportunity to even the rating late within the match, however he despatched a penalty try over the bar.
It was his second spot kick of the match. He earlier scored to make it 1-1 after Aurelien Tchouameni had given France the lead.
France will subsequent face Morocco within the semifinals on Wednesday. The Moroccans grew to become the primary African group to achieve the semifinals on the World Cup by beating Portugal 1-0 earlier within the day.
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FIFA additionally paid tribute on the match to outstanding U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl, who collapsed and died within the early morning hours Saturday whereas masking the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands.
A posy of white lilies and a framed {photograph} of Wahl taken in Qatar was left at Wahl’s media seat that had been assigned to the 49-year-old journalist.
“Tonight we pay tribute to Grant Wahl at his assigned seat in Al Bayt Stadium. He should have been here,” FIFA stated in a press release. “Our thoughts remain with his wife Céline, his family, and his friends at this most difficult time.”
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About 20 minutes earlier than the match began, the {photograph} of Wahl was displayed on huge screens in two corners of the stadium. An announcement about his dying was made to followers who applauded him. Wahl was reporting at his eighth World Cup.
Wahl’s agent, Tim Scanlan, instructed CBS News that the journalist “appeared to have suffered some sort of acute distress in the press room” of Lusail Stadium, when Argentina and the Netherlands started enjoying in additional time. Paramedics have been referred to as to the scene, Scanlan stated, however have been unable to revive him.
A prolific journalist, Wahl wrote for a number of retailers and was a CBS Sports contributor. He was an analyst on CBS Sports HQ all through the Qatar World Cup, and wrote visitor columns targeted on the U.S. males’s nationwide group for CBS Sports. He was additionally an editorial advisor for soccer documentaries on Paramount+.
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