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In a scene that looked strange at first glance, Brice Samba, the backup goalkeeper for the French national team, pushed his teammate Michael Olise away from the 'Roosters' celebrations of Ousmane Dembélé's goal against Morocco in the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals, sparking a wave of questions about the reason that prevented the young star from celebrating with his teammates.

Olise ran towards the touchline to join the French stars celebrating Dembélé's goal, who scored the 'Roosters' second goal in the match that France won 2-0 against Morocco on Thursday.

Olise put in a standout performance against Morocco

However, the substitute goalkeeper suddenly stopped him and pushed him away, due to a rule that would have given Morocco the advantage to restart play if Olise left the field, because if all French players were off the field, Morocco could immediately take the kick-off and shoot into France's empty goal.

A similar incident happened to France in the 2022 World Cup final, when Theo Hernandez pushed Dayot Upamecano to get him back onto the field against Argentina.

Therefore, Samba was alert to prevent the catastrophic mistake.

France repeated their elimination of Morocco from the FIFA World Cup for the second consecutive edition, denying the 'Atlas Lions' once again from continuing their adventure in the World Cup, thanks to goals from Mbappé and Dembélé.

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