{"id":154223,"date":"2022-12-11T00:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-cup-history-morroco-upset-portugal-to-become-first-africa-semifinalst-end-ronaldos-world-cup-dreams\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T00:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:47:10","slug":"world-cup-history-morroco-upset-portugal-to-become-first-africa-semifinalst-end-ronaldos-world-cup-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-cup-history-morroco-upset-portugal-to-become-first-africa-semifinalst-end-ronaldos-world-cup-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup history: Morroco upset Portugal to become first Africa semifinalst, end Ronaldo&#8217;s World Cup dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p>Morocco spoiled what may have been Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s final World Cup with a victory in the quarterfinal.  The North African side delivered another stunning victory, defeating Portugal 1-0 becoming the first African nation to ever make the World Cup semifinals.  Youssef En-Nesyri delivered the game-winning goal in the 42nd minute.  They will face England or France in the semifinal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal kept the same game plan with Ronaldo on the bench but the end result never mirrored the 6-1 blowout against Switzerland.  Morocco executed another solid defensive effort that stifled Portugal&#8217;s attack and kept the opposition frustrated.  An organized shape and conservative possession led to good counter-attacking moments.  A late game red card added more pressure for Morocco to close out the game while a man down, but their relentless efforts succeeded, and their Cinderella story continues in the World Cup. <\/p>\n<h2>Morocco keeps making history<\/h2>\n<p>An unintimidated Morocco side perfectly executed their game plan in the quarterfinals.  As they similarly did against Spain in the round of 16, the team strangled the spaces between the lines within their defensive shape in an effort to spring forward into attack when an advantageous opportunity presented itself.  The group was smart in choosing the right moments to commit to the counter-press, and it led to effective spells of possession for the team despite spending less time on the ball in the first half. <\/p>\n<p><em>Craving more World Cup coverage?  Listen below and follow House of Champions, a daily CBS Sports soccer podcast, bringing you top-notch analysis, commentary, picks and more during the big games in Qatar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=CAD9870327809&amp;start=1120\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Portugal outpassed Morocco in the first 45 minutes, executing 321 passes compared to 156 to Morocco, but the Atlas Lions proved once more that time with the ball only matters if you can get the ball in the back of the net.  En-Nesyri&#8217;s breakthrough goal just before the halftime whistle was the perfect catalyst to make Portugal hit the panic button in the second half.<\/p>\n<h2>Ronaldo&#8217;s final World Cup ends in tears<\/h2>\n<p>Manager Fernando Santos wasted little time in the second half introducing Ronaldo into the match.  Portugal&#8217;s leading scorer came on in the 52nd minute as the team attempted to hurl everything at Morocco&#8217;s defense.  His presence demanded more attention and opened up more space in the final third, but an equalizer never came, and the Iberian side was ultimately eliminated. <\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo&#8217;s fifth and possibly final World Cup has come to an end.  The narrow loss was perhaps the opposite of a storybook ending for the 37-year-old striker, but the chapters written during this time are another stain on his legacy.  Headlines around Rolando and his tumultuous relationship with Manchester United came to a head while the striker was on international duty.<span class=\"link\"> His eventual dismissal from the Premier League club<\/span> was followed by <span class=\"link\">rumors of a mega-millions deal to play for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr<\/span>.  The forward will now shift his focus to his next club after making a quarterfinal exit. <\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next<\/h2>\n<p>The 2022 FIFA World Cup semifinals kick off on Tuesday, December 13 with Argentina and Croatia.  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They will face England or &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/world-cup-history-morroco-upset-portugal-to-become-first-africa-semifinalst-end-ronaldos-world-cup-dreams\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World Cup history: Morroco upset Portugal to become first Africa semifinalst, end Ronaldo&#8217;s World Cup dreams<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Cup history: Morroco upset Portugal to become first Africa semifinalst, end Ronaldo&#039;s World Cup dreams - harchi90<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMilQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5jYnNzcG9ydHMuY29tL3NvY2Nlci9uZXdzL3dvcmxkLWN1cC1oaXN0b3J5LW1vcnJvY28tdXBzZXQtcG9ydHVnYWwtdG8tYmVjb21lLWZpcnN0LWFmcmljYS1zZW1pZmluYWxzdC1lbmQtcm9uYWxkb3Mtd29ybGQtY3VwLWRyZWFtcy9saXZlL9IBmQFodHRwczovL3d3dy5jYnNzcG9ydHMuY29tL3NvY2Nlci9uZXdzL3dvcmxkLWN1cC1oaXN0b3J5LW1vcnJvY28tdXBzZXQtcG9ydHVnYWwtdG8tYmVjb21lLWZpcnN0LWFmcmljYS1zZW1pZmluYWxzdC1lbmQtcm9uYWxkb3Mtd29ybGQtY3VwLWRyZWFtcy9saXZlL2FtcC8?oc=5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Cup history: Morroco upset Portugal to become first Africa semifinalst, end Ronaldo&#039;s World Cup dreams - harchi90\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Morocco spoiled what may have been Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s final World Cup with a victory in the quarterfinal. 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