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AP PHOTOS: World Cup highlights from Day 21

Dec 13, 2022, 11:56 PM | Updated: Dec 14, 2022, 2:10 pm
France's Theo Hernandez, left, shoots to score his side's opening goal during the World Cup semifin...

France's Theo Hernandez, left, shoots to score his side's opening goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
France players celebrate at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. France won 2-0 and will play Argentina in Sunday's final. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) France's Jules Kounde, left, and France's Aurelien Tchouameni celebrate after the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. France won the match 2-0. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) France's Kylian Mbappe hugs Morocco's Achraf Hakimi at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. France won 2-0 and will play Argentina in Sunday's final. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Morocco's Achraf Hakimi is consoled by teammate Romain Saiss and France's Antoine Griezmann following the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris embraces the ball during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) France's Randal Kolo Muani celebrates with teammates scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) Morocco's Zakaria Aboukhlal, right, kicks the ball past France's Raphael Varane during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) France's Randal Kolo Muani scores his side's second goal past Morocco's goalkeeper Yassine Bounou during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Morocco's Jawad El Yamiq, second right, fights for the ball with France's Raphael Varane, third right, and Randal Kolo Muani, right, during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, right, and Morocco's Achraf Hakimi challenge for the ball during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) France's Theo Hernandez scores his side's opening goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) France's Ibrahima Konate, center, falls after colliding with Morocco's Selim Amallah in an attempt to score during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Morocco's Noussair Mazraoui clears the ball during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Morocco's Jawad El Yamiq, centre, attempts a shot at goal as France's Ousmane Dembele, left, and Theo Hernandez watch during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) France's Olivier Giroud and Morocco's Noussair Mazraoui, right, vie for the ball during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) France's Kylian Mbappe reacts during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Morocco's Jawad El Yamiq connects a bicycle kick during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) France's Theo Hernandez, left, shoots to score his side's opening goal during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Highlights from the 21st day of the World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday.

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