[p]"[b]I don't know if you can say we are on a mission. That is the easy term to use. But I think we are aware that the only way to let up is by winning,[/b]" [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbappe-kylian/Wn6E2SED/"]Mbappe[/a] told French broadcaster M6 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/morocco-IDKYO3R8/?mid=jJ5yWPhU"]after an eventful quarter-final tie[/a] in which he had a first-half penalty saved but later opened the scoring.[/p][p]"[b]We are in the semi-finals and we are very pleased. There is still a long way to go and we are aware that what awaits is going to be even harder, but we are ready,[/b]" he added.[/p][p]"[b]We are ready to confront everything we come up against, so we will recuperate in peace and watch tomorrow's game to find out who we will face next.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="1f4bc2db-27ed-48c5-bf50-58440f2c2c14" url="https://x.com/JacobsBen/status/2075331749538611536?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Mbappe had a hand in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dembele-ousmane/zsMC2Ec0/"]Ousmane Dembele[/a]'s goal which sealed the win for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] at the Gillette Stadium near Boston, before later being substituted after taking a knock to the ankle, and being replaced by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a].[/p][p]"[b]I'm fine. I took a knock on the ankle but I'm fine. I think at that point JP was more prepared than me to play the final 15 minutes so I came off.[/b]"[/p][p]He will expect to be fit for the semi-finals, with France now heading to Dallas to play the winner of Friday's quarter-final clash between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a]. That last-four tie will take place next Tuesday, July 14.[/p][p]France won their first World Cup in 1998 and their second in 2018, before losing the 2022 final on penalties to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a].[/p]
Kylian Mbappe claims there is still 'a long awy to go' after France's win over Morocco
France captain Kylian Mbappe insisted Thursday his team were not getting carried away about their chances of winning another World Cup despite reaching the semi-finals thanks to a 2-0 win over Morocco on Thursday.
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