The French team continues to crush everything in its path during this 2026 World Cup. Winner of Morocco (2-0) Thursday evening in the quarter-finals, the Blues qualified for the last four of the competition for the 3rd time in a row, after 2018 and 2022. If Didier Deschamps’ players were not more disturbed than that by the Atlas Lions, three players However, approached this meeting with great caution: Michael Olise, Manu Koné and Bradley Barcola.
Warned during the previous round against Paraguay (0-1), the three French players were under threat of suspension for the semi-finals of the competition. Holders at kick-off, Olise and Koné did well, avoiding being sanctioned by the Argentine referee Facundo Tello. Entering during the second half in place of his PSG teammate, Désiré Doué, Barcola was not warned either. The three players will thus be available for the semi-final, Tuesday evening (9 p.m.), against Spain or Belgium.
