Defeating Morocco with a score of 2-0, France officially becomes the third national team to reach the semifinals of three consecutive World Cups following their impressive achievements in 2018 and 2022.
France officially enters the 2026 World Cup semifinals after defeating Morocco. In the nearly 100-year history of the tournament, only two other football powerhouses have ever established a similar achievement. The Germany team leads with two times reaching this milestone (the 1982-1990 and 2002-2014 periods), while Brazil also reached the semifinals three consecutive times from 1994 to 2002.
The fact that “Les Bleus” wrote their name onto the aforementioned list demonstrates the stability and dominant status of French football in the modern era under manager Didier Deschamps.
The performance of Kylian Mbappe and his teammates in Boston was evaluated by experts as absolute control. France not only maintained a quality personnel framework but also showed the bravery of the reigning runners-up when settling the match in an efficient manner.
This dominance makes the achievement of reaching the semifinals three consecutive times seem like a given, even though this is an extremely huge challenge technically speaking. For rarely has any national team in history maintained stability for such a long period of time.
Currently, the European representative is aiming for a higher goal, reaching a third consecutive final to replicate the past feats of Brazil and Germany. The next opponent of the blue-shirted team will be the winner of the clash between Belgium and Spain in the July 10
