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Published: 10 December 2022
After beating his Portuguese counterpart 1-zero over fellow giant Cristiano Ronaldo, at the Thumama Stadium in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, the Moroccan national team continues to achieve impressive achievements and writes a golden page in the history of Moroccan, African and Arab football alike, reaching the round of four for the first time in its record and in the history of the African continent and the Arab world.
Youssef al-Nasiri scored the winning goal against Portugal in the 42nd minute and the goal of qualifying for the Golden Square, where the "Lions" will face the winner of the match between France and England, on Wednesday evening at the home stadium.
On the Portuguese side, Cristiano Ronaldo sat on the bench for the second time in the tournament since 2008, replacing the promising 21-year-old Benfica striker Gonzalo Ramos to activate the attacking line alongside Bruno Fernandes and Joao Felix.
The Portuguese faced a "red" wall in the middle of the field whenever he tried to advance towards Bono's goal, which the striker managed to impose on the players over the loss of the ball.
The percentage of possession of the ball for the Portuguese reached a peak of 70 percent, but Rak raki repeatedly stressed that his team is not looking for the ball, but for goals
Despite Ronaldo's attempts after entering in the 51st minute in place of Cancelo in order to strengthen the attacking line and motivate his teammates, substitute Liao, however, the castle of the "Lions" Yasin Bono was on time and kept a clean sheet until the end.