France becomes the first defending World Cup champion to reach the semifinal round since Brazil 1998. France has now earned a spot in the final four seven times.
2-1 on Saturday. Olivier Giroud scored in the 78th minute at Al Bayt Stadium to break the 1-1 tie.
It was his second spot kick of the match. He had scored earlier to make it 1-1 after Aurelien Tchouameni had given France the lead.France remains on track to be the first team since Brazil in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups. Gareth Southgate and the England national team came up short of reaching a second successive World Cup semifinal.
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