France 0-0 Morocco LIVE Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 QF: Match Underway

Argentine referee Facundo Tello, who previously oversaw Morocco's historic 1-0 quarter-final win over Portugal in 2022, blows his whistle to get us underway here at Boston Stadium, and the match is officially live!

Yassine Bounou; Achraf Hakimi, Issa Diop, Noussair Mazraoui, Anass Salah-Eddine; Ayyoub Bouaddi, Neil El Aynaoui; Chemsdine Talbi, Azzedine Ounahi, Bilal El Khannouss; Brahim Diaz

SUBS: Munir El Kajoui, Ahmed Tagnaouti, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Redouane Halhal, Youssef Belammari, Chadi Riad, Marwane Saadane, Ismael Saibari, Samir El Mourabet, Sofyan Amrabat, Gessime Yassine, Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Ayoub El Kaabi, Amine Sbai, Soufiane Rahimi

France and Morocco have met six times in their history, with France holding a dominant record. France has secured four victories, while Morocco has one win, and the remaining match ended in a draw

The winner of the quarter-final match between France and Morocco will face either Spain or Belgium in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The semi-final match is scheduled to take place at the Dallas Stadium in Texas on Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Following France's 1-0 victory over Paraguay in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 16, a major diplomatic and sporting controversy erupted involving French captain Kylian Mbappé and Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla. After Mbappé scored the decisive penalty in a tense encounter, Amarilla launched a series of racist attacks on social media, disparaging the French captain’s heritage, appearance, and intellect. Mbappé responded firmly on social media, labeling the senator a "despicable woman" and asserting that she did not represent the spirit of the Paraguayan people. The incident drew widespread condemnation, with the French Football Federation filing criminal complaints and the Paraguayan government formally distancing itself from the senator's remarks. While Amarilla subsequently deleted her posts and attempted to counter-accuse Mbappé of gender-based violence, French prosecutors have since opened an investigation into the incident, treating the senator’s comments as a potential case of incitement to hatred.

Morocco has been dealt a significant blow ahead of their FIFA World Cup 2026 quarter-final against France, with star forward Ismael Saibari ruled out due to a hamstring injury. The 25-year-old, who recently secured a major transfer to Bayern Munich, sustained the injury just 22 minutes into Morocco's 3-0 Round of 16 victory over Canada. Although Morocco's head coach, Mohamed Ouahbi, has expressed hope that the injury is not serious enough to end Saibari's tournament, the match against France has ultimately come too soon for him to return to action. Having scored in each of Morocco's three group-stage matches and converted the decisive penalty in their Round of 32 shootout win against the Netherlands, Saibari has been one of the team’s standout performers, and his absence will require the Atlas Lions to lean on their squad depth—with Soufiane Rahimi expected to lead the line in his stead—as they look to pull off an upset against the tournament favorites

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be telecast live on Unite8 Sports network on television. For live streaming, one can catch the action on the Zee5 app and website.

Competition: FIFA World Cup 2026™

Stage: Quarter-finals

Kickoff Time: 4:00 PM EDT (1:30 AM IST on July 10)

Venue: Boston Stadium (Gillette Stadium), Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Referee: Facundo Tello

Greetings, we are back with our FIFA World Cup 2026 live blog as France andMorocco face-off in the quarter final match. The action is about to begin, so stay tuned for all the live updates from Boston Stadium.