France beat debutants Morocco to reach FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-finals

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France next face hosts Australia in the quarter-finals on Saturday in Brisbane

France's Eugenie Le Sommer celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Vicki Becho - Reuters 

France beat Women's World Cup debutants Morocco 4-0 to qualify for the quarter-final of the event on Tuesday. 

Eugenie Le Sommer netted a brace to lead France to a 4-0 victory. Kadidiatou Diani's fourth goal of the tournament, a header in the 15th minute, sparked an eight-minute three-goal Les Bleues blitz, with Kenza Dali and Le Sommer also scoring at Hindmarsh Stadium, ending the North African side's fairytale run.

France next face hosts Australia in the quarter-finals on Saturday in Brisbane.

Morocco became the lowest-ranked team (72) to play in the last 16, bouncing back from a 6-0 rout by Germany to beat South Korea and Colombia. But they were no match for fifth-ranked France who went unbeaten in the group stage, capped by a dramatic 6-3 win over Panama.

Le Sommer increased her all-time leading goalscoring record for France to 92, while the game marked the first time Les Bleues had scored four goals in a World Cup knockout game.

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