Morocco Makes History As They Eliminate Portugal

 The Atlas Lions of Morocco continue with their impressive run in this year's world cup tournament in Qatar as they lay Portugal to waste and qualify for the Semi final.


Morocco's miracle men have moved on, and they're bringing the rest of Africa along for the ride.

The Atlas Lions have emerged as this World Cup's underdog story - and one of the best surprises at any tournament.

After shocking Spain, they've now taken down another powerhouse in Portugal with a 1-0 win, and with them, one of the greatest players of all-time, likely ending his chances of ever winning a World Cup.

This victory means that Morocco is the first African team to reach the semi final of the world cup after many teams tried and all failed at the quarter final.

Facing off with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal, Morocco held firm once again, requiring just one superhero-like goal from their own striker.

Youssef En-Nesyri's goal was a carbon copy of goals scored by prime Ronaldo: a leaping, towering header that made everyone else around him seem like they were stuck in quicksand.

The actual Ronaldo, of course, was benched again for a second time in this tournament as he watched in disbelief as his team suffer in the hands of the North Africans.

CR7 came on for most of the second half to try and change a game that simply never changed. That's because Morocco didn't let it. They got their goal, they got their win and they have their semi-final berth.

They have inspired an entire continent. They have inspired the world.

In another quarter final match,The three lions of England suffered another World cup quarter final knock out against the current champions France.


This elimination means that England has been knocked out from the quarter final seven times,this is more than any team.

England captain,Harry Kane had the chance to force extra-time at the Al Bayt Stadium but France triumphed 2-1 thanks to his horrific miss.

What was remarkable about the Three Lions' latest spot-kick sorrow was that Harry Kane had actually converted one to level this enthralling World Cup quarter-final at the Al Bayt Stadium.

However, when the Spurs striker was given the chance to restore parity a second time, after Olivier Giroud had headed France into a 2-1 lead, Kane ballooned the ball over the bar, evoking memories of Chris Waddle at Italia '90.

This latest failure from 12 yards out will arguably hit even harder than that infamous loss to West Germany. England had been the better side after falling behind to Aurelien Tchouameni's stunning early strike from distance.


However, after Kane had seemingly broken the curse to join Wayne Rooney on 53 goals for England, it struck again with just six minutes of normal time remaining to leave a nation dealing with an all-too-familiar feeling of devastation.

Semi finals

Argentina vs Croatia at 10pm EAT Tuesday.

France vs Morocco at 10pm EAT Wednesday.


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