Morocco showed a relentless game when they faced Portugal in a desperate match sealing a place in the Semis.
Despite playing counterattacking football for much of the game, they were happy to edge out Portugal 1-0 and advance to the semis after making history as the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals.
Morocco will now face off with the winner of England v France in the Semis of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Yet again, the 38 year old forward has been benched at the World Cup for Portugal’s quarter final game against Morocco.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been critical in the past for being benched for Manchester United and it will be critical to see how he responds to his Manager’s decision.
The former Manchester United forward will be keen to prove his position when he gets subbed on as he hopes to get a second goal for the tournament.
Morocco will be looking to make history as the first African country to reach the World Cup Semifinals when they clash with Portugal today.
Hakim Ziyech Will lead the line for the squad as they hope to clinch the victory and make history with the African continent on their back.
It will however not be an easy task with Portugal having a better record at the World Cup vs African teams.
Messi was captured on camera shouting to Weghorst after the match in Argentina vs Netherlands.
He was also seen criticizing the Netherlands head coach Louis Van Gaal after the match.
Lionel Messi was critical of the officials more so the referees claiming they wanted Netherlands to score against them.
Emi Martinez has criticized the referee for their match against the Netherlands for adding 10 minutes after the 90 playable minutes in their World Cup Semifinal match.
The Netherlands equalized through Weghorst in the 101st minute to push them to extra time and later penalties.
The Aston Villa & Argentinian goal keeper termed the referee as “useless” and continued to say he wished he didn’t officiate for them again in the World Cup.
Lionel Messi also topped headlines as he criticized the Netherlands coach; Louis Van Gaal, referees and Weghorst after the match.
Argentina beat Netherlands in the Quarter Finals to advance to the Semis.
Argentina have qualified for the Qatar 2022 World Cup Semifinals after thumping Netherlands on Penalties.
The first 90 minutes saw Messi put up a Masterclass on the pitch with a superb assist to Molina and a cool penalty to go up 2-0.
The Dutch would score twice with Weghorst scoring both to send them to the extra time of the quarter finals.
In Penalties, Emi Martinez was the Argentinian hero as he saved the first two kicks by Netherlands to mount pressure on them while Messi led the team to victory.
Argentina will Face Off with Croatia on the Semi Finals of the World Cup.
Croatia proved to be the better side against Brazil after they knocked them out in penalties.
After a goalless 90 minutes, Neymar scored the opener for Brazil and most of the fans thought it was sealed. Croatia came back in the second half of extra time pushing the game to penalties.
Brazil however seemed unconfident in the penalties with two misses sealing the spot for Croatia in the Semi-Finals of the World Cup set for 13th December 2022.
The World Cup has set the stage for underrated teams with Germany, Spain and now Brazil getting knocked out after being poised as favorites.
Despite Neymar scoring in the extra time of their match against Croatia after a goalless end at 90 minutes in the quarter finals World Cup match, they were eliminated on penalties by Croatia after a miss by Rodrygo
Croatia will now face off with the winner of Argentina v Netherlands in the Semi Finals of the World Cup on 13th December 2022.
Neymar has however now tied with Pèle for all time highest goal scorer for Brazil with both having 77 goals.
Brazil fans will be disappointed after having a great start to the tournament.
Jürgen Klopp confirms Luis Diaz is to undergo further assessment on an issue sustained in training during Liverpool’s Dubai camp.
In a Liverpool club statement, the Liverpool Boss rules him out for the Dubai camp amid Premier League resumption scheduled on Boxing Day.
Mesut Özil has gone to social media to defend his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo amid criticism over lack of enough goals.
The former Real Madrid number 10 went ahead to bash the pundits saying “The media is just trying to get clicks”
Cristiano has been trending since his interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored hit headlines where he made statements about his former Club Manchester United.
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