Didier Deschamps praises Kylian Mbappe for eighth goal as France make World Cup semi-final

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Mbappe[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/morocco-IDKYO3R8/?mid=jJ5yWPhU"]scored on the hour mark[/a] against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] having earlier had a penalty saved and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a] completed the job as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] reached the last four of a World Cup for the third tournament in a row.[/p][p]"[b]When it's Kylian, there's no problem - he never doubts himself, even though he had another chance before scoring,[/b]" [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deschamps-didier/M9jPX2nf/"]Deschamps[/a] said.[/p][p]"[b]I think that is three consecutive semi-finals, so that's already a good thing,[/b]" he added.[/p][p]"[b]It seems logical and natural, but you still have to achieve it.[/b][/p][p]"[b]Obviously, I have great players, otherwise we wouldn't get there, but it's good. It was complicated because today, after missing the penalty, and with the chances (we had), we didn't convert.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="1c1a8a41-1fb3-4f7d-9a9b-6a247471e859" url="https://x.com/GFFN/status/2075347174129385786?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]France will face either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a] for a place in the World Cup final.[/p][p]"[b]It's great; we're where we wanted to be, so we'll recover well and then we'll see who our opponent is tomorrow,[/b]" Deschamps said.[/p][p]He added Mbappe had been substituted because he had taken a knock to the ankle - the forward was seen icing this area on the sidelines.[/p]