Fifa World Cup, MAR vs POR Highlights: Morocco create history, reach semis

Fifa World Cup, Morocco vs Portugal Quarterfinal Highlights: It was yet another surprising day in history as Morocco became the first African nation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Morocco Football team after they win against Portugal in Quarterfinal of the Fifa World Ciup 2022. Photo: @FIFAWorldCup

Morocco vs Portugal Highlights, Quarterfinal Fifa World Cup

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Morocco, riding on the 42nd-minute goal of Youssef En- Nasyri, defended to the core and did not let Portugal score, the team which scored six goals in their Round of 16 match against Switzerland.

Thanks to this gritty defence, the North African side won the game 1-0 even while being down to 10 men in the last five minutes of the injury time.

Courtesy of this win, the Atlas Tigers have become the first group from Africa and the Arab world combined to reach the semi-finals of a Fifa World Cup. They will now play the winners of the England vs France clash later tonight.

The Preview

The quarterfinal situation in the Fifa World Cup has high stakes on offer and Morocco who have qualified for the first time, are aware of the risks that they would have to take against a strong team like Portugal to create history by becoming the first African team to get through to the semi-final.

Portugal on the other hand would have to be wary of the threat that Morocco and their fearless football bring to the table. The problem of Cristiano Ronaldo and his on-the-bench and off-the-bench tactics are proving to be too much for the Portuguese crowd to think of.

With all these things in the mind of the players and the coaches, to be able to focus only on the game would be very difficult.

Morocco Starting XI

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

Formation: 4-3-3

Portugal Starting XI

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

Formation: 4-3-3

Fifa World Cup Quarterfinal MAR vs POR Highlights: Catch all the updates from the Quarterfinal match between Morocco and Portugal at the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 here

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Match Summary

Morocco, riding on the 42nd-minute goal of Youssef En- Nasyri, defended to the core and did not let Portugal score, the team which scored six goals in their Round of 16 match against Switzerland.

Thanks to this gritty defence, the North African side won the game 1-0 even while being down to 10 men in the last five minutes of the injury time.

MAR 1-0 POR

10:36 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Morocco create history, reach World Cup semi-finals

90+ Minutes

Even after being down to 10 men, Morocco have managed to live by the thread and have created history by becoming the first African and Arab nation to reach the semi-finals of the Fifa World Cup.

The goal by En Nasyri in the first half remained the only goal in the match as the Atlas Lions defended with all their heart and soul and managed to get through the 90 minutes plus 8 minutes of added time.

MAR 1-0 POR

10:24 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Red card for Chhedira, Morocco down to 10 men

90+ Minutes

With five more minutes to go, Morocco have been reduced to only 10 men on the ground and if this game goes to extra time the Atlas lies would ruin the challenge that their striker Chhedira made to get his second yellow card which eventually turned red.

MAR 1-0 POR

10:22 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: 8 minutes of injury time added

90+ Minutes

So 8 minutes have been added as injury time to this game and as I write, two minutes have already passed. The Moroccans need only 6 more minutes of survival to get through this

MAR 1-0 POR

10:19 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Vitinha booked, Morocco look to waste time

87 Minutes

Ounahi, the left wingback of Morocco has been hit by Vitinha and he has taken every bit of the time to get back on his feet. Now it’s a matter of injury time for Morocco to win this and become the first African side to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

MAR 1-0 POR

10:12 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Horta comes in for Portugal, Ziyech out for Morocco

Substitution

10:04 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Dari gets the first yellow of the game

71 Minutes

Achraf Dari of Morocco who has come in as one of the substitutes has been handed the first yellow card of the game for his sliding tackle challenge on Rafael Leao

MAR 1-0 POR

10:01 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Portugal bring in Rafael Leao

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Double substitution for Morocco

Substitution

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Some Hakim Ziyech facts

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Win percentage shifting in favour of Morocco

Stats

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Ronaldo is in, can he change the course of the game?

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Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Substitution from Morocco

57 Minutes

Dari has come in place of Saiss as Morocco have made a substitution because the latter w

MAR 1-0 POR

9:44 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: Attack is the only option for Portugal

54 Minutes

The Portuguese team has no other option left but to attack as they are one goal down and looking to make inroads into the Moroccan half

MAR 1-0 POR

9:37 PM

Morocco vs Portugal Live Score, Quarterfinal: The second half begins

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First Published: Dec 10 2022 | 8:13 PM IST