Barcelona duo Jules Kounde and Ousmane Dembele are into the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup after serving to France beat England 2-1 on Saturday.
The defending champions gained because of targets from Aurelien Tchouameni and Olivier Giroud, though they had been additionally helped by a Harry Kane penalty miss late on.
Kounde mirrored on the match afterwards and defined why he feels his group had the sting over the Three Lions.
“I feel it was a loopy match, with a number of twists and turns. And ultimately, there may be the victory, so it’s much more lovely. We actually didn’t do all the things nicely, however we put a lot coronary heart, a lot want, there was a lot solidarity, a complete group that basically needed to go to the semi-finals,” he stated.
“We gave all the things […] The distinction was within the mind-set. I feel that for the reason that begin of the competitors, we’ve underlined how shut this group is on the pitch, and off it too.”
“I feel that in matches like that, the place you play in opposition to an excellent England group, which absolutely have as a lot expertise as us, you want that further soul, that little one thing, that little little bit of luck just like the missed penalty.”
France now face a Morocco group who’ve been the massive surprises of the match up to now, knocking out Spain and Portugal on their strategy to the final 4.
Kounde is aware of his group will face a tricky take a look at reaching the ultimate for a second straight match.
“That is the place we needed to be. Morocco are doing an excellent job, they’ve eradicated very large groups, so will probably be a really difficult match,” he stated.
“We count on it. It’s a group that additionally provides all the things, that has numerous coronary heart, with numerous expertise.”
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France face Morocco on Wednesday, whereas the opposite semi-final sees Croatia tackle Argentina on Tuesday.