An incredible quarter-final in Qatar 2022. Morocco beats favorite Portugal 1-0 and qualifies for the semi-finals, where it will face the winner between France and England. Morocco thus becomes the first African team in history to qualify for a World Cup semi-final. While Cristiano Ronaldo has closed his story in the Portuguese national team with tears.
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It was Portugal who appeared first with Joao Felix having a fine header in the fourth minute but finding goalkeeper Bono ready. As the minutes passed, the game was balanced, until in the 31st Felix appeared again. This time the talent of the Portuguese tried from a distance with the ball that took a deflection at the end and by a few centimeters it ended up outside. However, Morocco was not impressed by the opponents and in the 41st they scored the goal and the advantage. It was the attacker En Nesyri who also benefited from a wrong exit by the goalkeeper Costa and scored the goal with his head. After this episode, the challenge flared up and Bruno Fernandez was stopped by the crossbar, while in the extra minutes of the first fraction, Morocco also wasted a clean scoring opportunity after catching the opponent on the counterattack.
The first half ended with Morocco leading 1-0 while in the second, the result forced Portugal to attack. Cristiano Ronaldo was also activated in the game, while an excellent opportunity was offered to Goncalo Ramos, who alone in the area missed the target with his head. A few minutes later, Fernandez also failed to find the box with a strong shot at the entrance of the area. Eight minutes from the end, Felix hits hard at the entrance to the area, but Bono reacts in the right way. So, in the 91st, Ronaldo appears and shoots inside the area, again Bono controls, albeit with some difficulty and in two times. In the 93rd minute, Morocco were down to 10 men after Cheddira collected a second yellow card, but his teammates held on and booked their place in the semi-finals, where they await the winner of the England-France tie.