![]() ![]() En Neysri judged its flight, its trajectory and leapt high into the night sky to plant a perfect header. Yahya Attiyat Allah found the space to swing a cross into the box. ReutersĮn Neysri’s goal had come after Morocco had stoically stood firm in the face of relentless pressure from the Portuguese, who were looking to carry on from where they had left against Switzerland in their previous game. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Quarter Final in Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar, Dec 10. But the goal by En Neysri was one that Portugal’s greatest ever player used to score for fun in his prime towering over defences to flex his neck muscles and sending the ball in. ![]() Some Moroccans immediately consoled him with a hug. AFPĭown to 10 men in the closing stages, after Walid Cheddira was sent off, they repelled waves and waves of Portuguese attacks to hang onto their priceless lead and seal another famous victory to continue their journey in Qatar where France or England will come next.Īll Moroccan players were heroes today but their biggest hero was En Neysri, whose 42nd-minute header, which he celebrated by making a gesture of putting on binoculars with his fingers, decided an absorbing, breathless quarter-final in his side’s favour.Īs Morocco celebrated, the fact that their victory had come at the expense of Cristiano Ronaldo’s dream to win the World Cup title, in all likelihood his last tournament, was not lost on them. Morocco’s coach Walid Regragui celebrates winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Dec 10.
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