AL KHOR, Qatar — Theo Hernández's flying goal could have snapped Morocco out of its month-long reverie. It came so early on this Wednesday night of history and zeal, after just four minutes and 38 seconds. It could have silenced the piercing whistles and rousing roars that accompanied Morocco to the Al Bayt Stadium for a World Cup semifinal, because it could have proved that France was superior; that order was being restored; that a France-Argentina final was destiny.
blood. It was colonized versus colonizer. It was Africa versus. Europe. It was friends versus friends, though tinged with uneasiness stemming from France's longstanding marginalization of its North African populations.
France scored early, and had more first-half chances, but then receded. It had to repel Moroccan attack after Moroccan attack, each one of which was willed forward by tens of thousands of red-clad fans. Morocco had started wobbly in a back-five, with captain Romain Saiss at the center of it battling an injury. Once he was removed after 20 minutes, Morocco went to a standard 4-3-3, and began to boss France’s two-man midfield.
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