Morocco has defeated the extremely favoured Portugal workforce to turn out to be the primary Arab and African nation to ever attain the World Cup semi-finals stage.
Portugal had dominated the ball all through, however proved unable to unlock their rivals’ backline regardless of controlling possession and summoning record-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo from the substitutes bench after half-time.
To the credit score of Walid Regragui’s workforce, Morocco had been a continuing risk on the break, regardless of possessing the ball solely 27 % of the sport. Close to the tip of the primary half, En Nesyri put Morocco in entrance, scoring the one objective they would want.
Morocco will now face both England or France within the semi-finals on December 14.