What a day for Morocco, and actually, what a day for Africa!
Coming up in opposition to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, Morocco continued to make historical past as Youssef En-Nesyri’s first-half header secured a historic win for the Africa group, who will play defending champions France or England for a spot within the FIFA World Cup ultimate.
The North Africa nation turn into the primary ever group from the continent to succeed in the World Cup final 4.
Understandably, there was widespread response to the success of Morocco, as Africa united behind their continental counterparts. Not solely this, however well-known artist Shakira – who sang the theme track on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa – threw her congratulations and help behind Morocco.
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Check out a few of the Twitter response to historical past-making Morocco beneath;
Morocco’s semi-ultimate will happen on Wednesday, 14 December at 21:00 (SA time).
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The different semi-ultimate – to be contested between Croatia and Argentina – will happen on Tuesday, 13 December, additionally at 21:00 (SA time).
On Friday evening there was additionally a serious shock on the event when Brazil had been knocked out on the quarter-ultimate stage for the second successive event after a defeat on penalties to Croatia.
It was a barely plausible finish consequence because the World Cup in Qatar as soon as once more dished up some severe surprises after a bunch stage stuffed with thrills and shock outcomes.
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Meanwhile, though all of it led to tears, Cristiano Ronaldo equalled the lads’s worldwide world file of 196 caps when he got here on as an alternative choice to Portugal in opposition to Morocco.
Ronaldo, 37, who had began a second consecutive match on the bench, equalled the file set by Kuwait worldwide Bader Al-Mutawa.