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French cunning
Today, Friday, a press release reveals the secret that prevented Michael Olis from celebrating Ousmane Dembele’s second goal against Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup yesterday, Thursday.
France won 2-0 in Boston thanks to two goals in seven minutes in the second half of the tournament. The match was dominated by the “roosters”, securing a ticket to the semi-finals of the World Championship after overcoming the ban of Morocco.
Captain Kylian Mbappe scored the first goal with a curling strike and after half-time Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bono saved the Real Madrid forward’s penalty and then the Moroccan goalkeeper failed to stop Ousmane Dembele’s strike to double the French’s lead.
The win earned France the right to face either Spain or Belgium in the first World Cup semi-final in Dallas next Tuesday, with just 90 minutes to go to reach their third successive finals.
Reported by the “sportbible” networkThe Roosters’ second goal against Morocco sparked massive celebrations on the pitch, but fans noticed France star Michael Olissey was prevented from joining the Roosters’ celebratory crowd by substitute goalkeeper Brice Samba.
Quick thinking from the Rennes player revealed his knowledge of the first point of Article 8 of the Laws of the Game, an action that could have made the difference in his country’s two-goal lead.
Article 8 of the Laws of the Game states: “At each kickoff, all players except the kicker must be in their own half of the court.”
The application of this law is limited to players on the field of play, and since there is no player in the opponent’s field to prevent the restart of active play, France would fulfill the kick-off requirements and Morocco would be allowed to restart play without any French players.
Halting Olissi’s rush towards the celebrating crowd, Samba ensured that “all the players” were not in their own half of the pitch, thus denying Morocco the right to make an unhindered run to reduce the deficit with more than 20 minutes remaining in the game.
