France advances to the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after winning its Round of 16 match, with Kylian Mbappé scoring to secure the place in the last eight. France is set to play Morocco next. Multiple reports note that this is the second consecutive World Cup in which France and Morocco meet at the same stage, with France and Morocco also facing each other in the 2022 tournament in Qatar. In that earlier meeting, they played for a place in the final, with the matchup occurring in the later rounds of the competition. Four years later, the two teams’ paths cross again in the current World Cup in the United States, but now as quarter-final opponents. The upcoming tie will determine who reaches the semi-finals, following France’s Round of 16 victory and Morocco’s own qualification by winning its respective Round of 16 fixture. Reports characterize the matchup as a repeat of a prior World Cup encounter between the two countries.