Morocco Defeats Portugal, Becomes First African Team to Advance to FIFA World Cup Semifinals
Morocco fans celebrate their team winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10, 2022. 
DOHA (Sputnik) – Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals, becoming the first African team to move to the semifinals.The match took place at the Al-Thumama Stadium and ended with the score 1-0, with Morocco’s Youssef En-Nesyri scoring a goal 42 minutes into the game.It became the 196th match for Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who came on as a substitute in the 51st minute. He matched Kuwaiti forward Bader Al-Mutawa’s record for the most meetings for national teams.
2022 FIFA World CupFootball Fans Arrive at Al Thumana Stadium for Morocco-Portugal Quarterfinal World Cup MatchYesterday, 13:04 GMTMorocco became the first African team in the history of the World Cup to reach the semifinals. Previously, the best result of teams from Africa was the quarterfinals. Apart from Morocco, Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) peaked at quarterfinals.Morocco will face the winner of the England-France match, which will be held later on Saturday.