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Morocco beat Portugal to enter World Cup semifinals

By Hoang Nguyen       DEC. 10, 2022

Morocco eliminated Portugal with a 1-0 victory and became the first African country to qualify for the semifinals of a World Cup.

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    Time's up!

    Morocco eliminated Portugal with a 1-0 victory and became the first African country to qualify for the semifinals of a World Cup.

  • 90'

    Eight minutes are added to the second half.

  • 87'

    Vitinha got a yellow card after committing a foul to prevent a counter-attack.

  • 83'

    Felix curled a fine ball into the top corner but Bounou saved it excellently.

  • 80'

    The game entered the last 10 minutes and Portugal are still struggling to find the equalizer. Morocco continued to make two more subs to enhance their defense.

  • 69'

    Portugal made two more subs: Rafael Leao and Vitinha are in, while Morocco replaced their scorer El-Nesyri with defender Badr Benoun.

  • 64'

    Another relevant scoring chance for Portugal as Fernandes's shot almost went in. So close but so far.

  • 58'

    Goncalo Ramos almost equalized for Portugal with a comfortable header, but it still missed the target.

  • 57'

    Morocco captain Roman Saiss was injured and replaced by Achraf Dari.

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    Cristiano Ronaldo is playing his 196th game for Portugal. Photo by AFP

Following are the teams for the World Cup 2022 quarter-final match between Morocco and Portugal on Saturday:

Morocco: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Romain Saiss, Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Azzedine Ounahi, Hakim Ziyech, Soufiane Boufal, Youssef En-Nesyri, Jawad Yamiq, Yahya Attiat-Allah.

Portugal: Diogo Costa, Diogo Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Raphael Guerreiro, Bruno Fernandes, Otavio, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Goncalo Ramos, Ruben Neves.

 
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