THE LITTLE NATION STANDS TALL: MOROCCO ADVANCES TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL

Morocco Team Celebrates After Creating History At The Fifa World Cup Image Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

Walid Regragui’s team has faced and eliminated Belgium, Croatia, Spain, and now Portugal. Morocco’s defensive wall has not yet been breached by any opposition player. Even the star-studded Portugal side could not find a way through. Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandez, J. Felix, Bernardo Silva, Rafael Leao, Otavio, Ricardo Horta; some of the best young talents in the world football spear-headed by one of the greatest Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score

Achraf Hakimi was sprinting down the right side causing problems for the Portuguese defense. In the 42^nd minute, Youssef En-Nesyri scored a spectacular header after a superb run from Boufal. After that, Portugal tried their heart out but it wasn’t enough to take them through!

Ronaldo came on as a substitute having the honor of representing his country for the 196^th time. Ronaldo set up Felix for a good chance to score about 7 minutes from full time but Yassine Bounou saved it. The Sevilla star keeper is having a world cup to remember for ages. Pepe came close to equalizing but luckily for Morocco, he headed it wide

As soon as the referee blew the final whistle, the Morocco subs rushed onto the pitch. A moment of pure joy for Morocco and all of Africa, a moment to forget for all the Portugal fans. Ronaldo’s dream of winning a world cup for his country shattered into pieces and he instantly broke into tears

An illustrious International world cup career came to an end but Ronaldo has embarked his name in the list of the greatest ever to play the beautiful sport

There would be concerns for Morocco in the semifinal as their key players such as Hakim Ziyech, and Romain Saïss were in discomfort with Saïss injury seeming a bit severe. Whatever may be the case, Morocco has done something phenomenal to be remembered for ages and right now is the time to cherish their wonderful feat

Written By: Ibtisam Raashed Abbasi

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