Morocco is having their best World Cup in Qatar. They qualified from a group containing Croatia, Belgium and Canada and even finished at the top of the group and remained unbeaten.

The African nation defeated Spain in the Round of 16 and set up a mouth-watering clash with Portugal in the quarter-finals. Morocco has been one of the best defensive sides in this tournament, playing some great counter-attacking football with the likes of Ziyech, Boufal and Hakimi in their ranks.

The Atlas Lions did the impossible as they beat Portugal by 1-0 courtesy of Youssef En-Nesyri’s headed goal. They shut the doors for Portugal even when they were reduced to 10 men in injury time. They ended Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup dream as one of the greatest players of all time heads home from the tournament. Morocco will now face the winners of the England vs France match in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Twitter reacts as Ronaldo’s World Cup dream is over after Morocco beats Portugal to become the first African team to progress to the World Cup semi-final

Here’s how Twitter reacted as Ronaldo’s World Cup dream is over after Morocco beats Portugal to become the first African team to progress to the World Cup semi-final

Morocco are World Cup semi finalist! They will face the winners of England vs France game 🚨🇲🇦 #Qatar2022

Portugal are OUT of the World Cup 🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/pWWTeYR0Ku
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 10, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo was in tears as he walked down the tunnel after Portugal's loss. pic.twitter.com/FS6C7WMxbd
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 10, 2022

Ronaldo's World Cup dream is over… pic.twitter.com/i4ExRfvrnc
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 10, 2022

MOROCCO ARE THE FIRST AFRICAN TEAM TO REACH THE WORLD CUP SEMIFINALS 🇲🇦🌍 pic.twitter.com/iwjhxvGuCd
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 10, 2022

It’s the end for Cristiano Ronaldo at the World Cup. The Portuguese leaves the pitch in tears on his last appearance ever in the World Cup. 🚨🇵🇹 #Ronaldo #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/fWLC6YN0Wj
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 10, 2022

Youssef En-Nesyri 🙌

The first Moroccan to score three World Cup goals 🇲🇦 pic.twitter.com/8gqkNmELCw
— GOAL India (@Goal_India) December 10, 2022

Morocco are in the World Cup semifinals and not a single team has scored on them all tournament 😳 pic.twitter.com/s7ibpQN3QH
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 10, 2022

Yassine Bounou appreciation post 👏 #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/KLgvHirJN5
— RouteOneFootball (@Route1futbol) December 10, 2022

Cristiano Ronaldo equals the all-time international men's appearance record with 196 appearances 👏 pic.twitter.com/G2CQhOKfdM
— GOAL India (@Goal_India) December 10, 2022

Wow, wow, Morocco! The underdog fights and lives. Long may it be so.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 10, 2022

3 – Yassine Bounou, who made his 50th appearance for Morocco tonight, is the first African goalkeeper to record three clean sheets in a single edition of the World Cup. Heroic. pic.twitter.com/xW3DEN6LAL
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 10, 2022

GG Morocco!

Insane World Cup from them so far, superb.
— NepentheZ (@NepentheZ) December 10, 2022

Most caps in men's international football history:

🇵🇹 196 – Cristiano Ronaldo
🇰🇼 196 – Bader Al-Mutawa
🇲🇾 195 – Soh Chin Ann

19 years representing his country. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/ErxP3b2U0e
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 10, 2022

💔 pic.twitter.com/kJs03iWp42
— 433 (@433) December 10, 2022

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1601602987033501696

One of the greatest to play the beautiful game, and one of the greatest goal-scorers.

I will miss him. I will miss the rivalry. I will miss Cristiano Ronaldo. Thank you Ronnie for the trouble you caused to me, for the memories I will gladly forgive. You were special. pic.twitter.com/cgkHNP9UV4
— Sayak Dipta Dey 🇮🇳 (@sayakdd28) December 10, 2022

Walid Regragui is the first African coach to manage a team in a World Cup quarter-final.

His Morocco side have just become the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final, knockout out Portugal.

Rewriting the history books. 🇲🇦
— William Hill (@WilliamHill) December 10, 2022

0 – Cristiano Ronaldo has failed to score in all eight of his knockout stage appearances at the World Cup (inc. third place play-off), going 570 minutes without scoring and taking 27 shots in the process. Exit. pic.twitter.com/HyTrpoUad0
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 10, 2022

1970: First African team to earn a point
1986: First African team to reach the knockouts
2022: First African team to reach the semifinals

MOROCCO CONTINUE TO MAKE HISTORY AT THE MEN’S WORLD CUP 👏 pic.twitter.com/x9qVj1D0Jj
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 10, 2022

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