World Cup 2022: Morocco 1-0 Portugal: Youssef En-Nesyri ratings winner

Morocco ended up being the very first African country to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning objective in the very first half, jumping greatest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to stimulate pandemonium at Al Thumama Stadium. The north African side’s fans occupied the majority of the place and joyously commemorated their development minute on the worldwide phase. Ronaldo came off the bench in the 50 th minute to equate to the guys’s all-time look record of 196 in global matches, however he might not drag his side back into the contest. Morocco, who will deal with England or France in the last 4, enjoyed to use the counter and got the opener prior to the break when En-Nesyri headed in from Yahya Attiyat-Allah’s cross. Full-time scenes as Morocco end up being the very first African side to make World Cup semi-finalsPortugal skipper Bruno Fernandes came agonisingly near to levelling simply minutes later on however a dazzling specific effort struck the crossbar. Annihilated by injuries, Morocco relaxed for most of the 2nd half and Yassine Bounou remarkably toppled Joao Felix’s drive – the closest they concerned an equaliser. Morocco striker Walid Cheddira was dispatched for a 2nd yellow card in 8 minutes of extra time however Portugal might not discover the equaliser as their last-four hopes were rushed. Follow response from Morocco v PortugalWorld Cup Daily podcast: Morocco make historyMagnificent Moroccans make historyWatch Moroccan fans commemorate historical World Cup winThree African sides had actually formerly reached this phase of the World Cup however none had actually advanced any even more. Previously. The wonderful Moroccan gamers and fans rejoiced as En-Nesyri’s header on 42 minutes showed to be the turning point. Fans whistled and mocked every pass the Portuguese gamers made and after that the rowdiest area behind the objective appeared to draw the ball into the web. Walid Regragui’s side were missing out on West Ham’s Nayef Aguerd, Bayern Munich’s Noussair Mazraoui and lost captain Romain Saiss to injury early in the 2nd duration. They safeguarded resolutely and annoyed Portugal to keep their seventh tidy sheet in 8 video games under their manager and have actually yielded simply as soon as in this competition. Morocco are a difficult proposal and buoyed on by a partisan crowd in Doha, they will provide a challenging obstacle to whoever they deal with in the last 4 on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Bounou, making his 50 th cap, pressed away a header from Felix early on and a deflected strike flew directly over. Morocco had actually taken the much better chances on the break however En-Nesyri sent out 2 totally free headers off target and Sofiane Boufal’s curler was directly at Costa. In his desperation for an equaliser, Fernando Santos sent out on Ronaldo early in the 2nd half however the 37- year-old – who equated to Kuwait striker Bader Al-Mutawa’s worldwide caps record – discovered it tough to make any effect. Having actually seen competing Lionel Messi reach the semi-finals on Friday, Ronaldo might refrain from doing the exact same with his side on what is most likely to be his last World Cup look, treking down the tunnel in tears at full-time as his dream was over. Gamer of the match En-NesyriYoussef En-Nesyri with approximately 8.77 MoroccoSquad number19 Player nameEn-Nesyri Squad number4Player calls Amrabat Squad number7Player nameZiyech Squad number17 Player nameBoufal Squad number25 Player nameAttiat-Allah Squad number2Player nameHakimi Squad number15 Player nameAmallah Squad number1Player nameBono Squad number8Player nameOunahi Squad number6Player nameSaïss Squad number18 Player nameEl Yamiq Squad number14 Player nameAboukhlal Squad number20 Player nameDari Squad number24 Player nameBenoun Squad number26 Player nameJabrane Squad number21 Player nameCheddira PortugalSquad number8Player nameBruno Fernandes Squad number15 Player nameRafael Leão Squad number11 Player nameJoão Félix Squad number20 Player nameJoão Cancelo Squad number10 Player nameBernardo Silva Squad number4Player nameRúben Dias Squad number2Player nameDiogo Dalot Squad number3Player namePepe Squad number18 Player nameRúben Neves Squad number5Player nameRaphaël Guerreiro Squad number26 Player nameGonçalo Ramos Squad number22 Player nameDiogo Costa Squad number25 Player nameOtávio Squad number16 Player nameVitinha Squad number21 Player nameRicardo Horta Squad number7Player nameCristiano Ronaldo Line-upsMoroccoFormation 4-3-3 1Bono 2Hakimi18 El Yamiq6Saïss25 Attiat-Allah 8Ounahi4S Amrabat15 Amallah 7Ziyech19 En-Nesyri17 Boufal 1Bono2Hakimi18 El Yamiq6SaïssSubstituted forDariat 57′ minutesBooked at 70 minutes25 Attiat-Allah8Ounahi4S Amrabat15 AmallahSubstituted forCheddiraat 65′ minutesBooked at 90 mins7ZiyechSubstituted forAboukhlalat 82′ minutes19 En-NesyriSubstituted forBenounat 65′ minutes17 BoufalSubstituted forJabraneat 82′ minutesSubstitutes9Hamdallah10 Zaroury11 Sabiri12 Mohamedi13 Chair14 Aboukhlal16 Ezzalzouli20 Dari21 Cheddira22 Tagnaouti23 El Khannouss24 Benoun26 JabranePortugalFormation 4-3-3 22 Diogo Costa 2Dalot3Pepe4Rúben Dias5Guerreiro 10 Bernardo Silva18 Neves25 Otávio 8Bruno Fernandes26 Gonçalo Ramos11 João Félix 22 Diogo Costa2DalotSubstituted forRicardo Hortaat 79′ minutes3Pepe4Rúben Dias5GuerreiroSubstituted forCanceloat 51′ minutes10 Bernardo Silva18 NevesSubstituted forCristiano Ronaldoat 51′ minutes25 OtávioSubstituted forVitinhaat 69′ minutesBooked at 87 mins8Bruno Fernandes26 Gonçalo RamosSubstituted forRafael Leãoat 69′ minutes11 João FélixSubstitutes1Rui Patrício6João Palhinha7Cristiano Ronaldo9André Silva12 Sá14 William Carvalho15 Rafael Leão16 Vitinha17 João Mário20 Cancelo21 Ricardo Horta23 Nunes24 António SilvaReferee: Facundo Tello Attendance: 44,198 Live TextMatch ends, Morocco 1, Portugal 0. 2nd Half ends, Morocco 1, Portugal 0. Try missed out on. Pepe (Portugal) header from the best side of the 6 lawn box is close, however misses out on to the. Helped by Rafael Leão with a cross. Try conserved. Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) best footed shot from outside package is conserved in the centre of the objective. Helped by Yahya Attiat-Allah. Corner, Portugal. Yielded by Badr Benoun. 2nd yellow card to Walid Cheddira (Morocco) for a bad nasty. João Félix (Portugal) wins a totally free kick in the protective half. Foul by Walid Cheddira (Morocco). Walid Cheddira (Morocco) is revealed the yellow card for a bad nasty. Pepe (Portugal) wins a totally free kick in the protective half. Foul by Walid Cheddira (Morocco). Try conserved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) best footed shot from outside package is conserved in the bottom ideal corner. Helped by Bruno Fernandes with a through ball. Offside, Morocco. Sofyan Amrabat attempts a through ball, however Walid Cheddira is captured offside. Vitinha (Portugal) is revealed the yellow card for a bad nasty. Foul by Vitinha (Portugal). Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco) wins a complimentary kick in the protective half. Corner, Portugal. Yielded by Jawad El Yamiq. Vitinha (Portugal) wins a complimentary kick in the protective half. Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Morocco). Foul by Ricardo Horta (Portugal). Get the current outcomes and objective notices for any group at the Fifa World Cup by downloading the BBC Sport app: Appleexternal-link – Androidexternal-link – Amazonexternal-link Get your day-to-day dosage of Fifa World Cup response, argument & analysis with World Cup Daily on BBC Sounds
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