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Morocco became the first ever African nation to reach the FIFA World Cup semi-finals after recording a famous and hard-fought 1-0 win against Portugal at Al Thumama Stadium on Saturday.
Youssef En-Nesyri's first-half strike was enough for the Atlas Lions, who are also the first Arab team to make the last four, to claim a historic win.
They added Portugal to their list of European scalps alongside Belgium and Spain, with a resolute second-half performance that brought tears to Cristiano Ronaldo as the full-time whistle was blown.
Let's take a look at Twitter's best reactions:
Morocco are World Cup semi finalist! They will face the winners of England vs France game ?????? #Qatar2022Portugal are OUT of the World Cup ???? pic.twitter.com/pWWTeYR0Ku
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 10, 2022
HISTOOOORRRYYYYY!!! ????Morocco ???? are in the SEMIFINALS. First African and Arab team to qualify to the last four of the World Cup. What an incredible story of hope, resilience and hard work. Dima maghrib. pic.twitter.com/5ciNNXa0Pj
— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) December 10, 2022
Simply EXTRAORDINARY! What a phenomenal moment for Morocco! #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/u3g0rT0TSc
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) December 10, 2022
Morocco are only the 3rd team from outside South America and Europe to reach a World Cup Semi-Final:?? USA - 1930?? South Korea - 2002?? MOROCCO - 2022Huge achievement. ?? pic.twitter.com/iAHgwgeeCO
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) December 10, 2022
Morocco become the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final. Youssef En-Nesyri’s quality header beats Portugal. A truly astonishing, deserved and historic win in front of an incredible crowd.???? pic.twitter.com/NSpAbbaWCu
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) December 10, 2022
Mesmeric, Morocco. Outstanding achievement. #MAR
— Jim Beglin (@jimbeglin) December 10, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to tears as his Portugal side were knocked out by Morocco. ?? pic.twitter.com/O0BLa84MxZ
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 10, 2022
Morocco celebrate their fantastic win over Portugal with a Sajdah #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/uDl4wj74HX
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) December 10, 2022
A moment in timeA moment in historyThe FIRST-EVER African nation to reach a #FIFAWorldCup Semi-Finals ?????? pic.twitter.com/SeAOKngZna
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 10, 2022
Morocco in the Semis!!!! Wow!
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) December 10, 2022
Wow. Morocco win. Heartbreak for Portugal but what a moment for Africa and the Arab world. And so well deserved - they were fantastic tonight. ?????? pic.twitter.com/o5mlYnB7yC
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 10, 2022
Peter Drury, on Morocco's win against Portugal to progress to Africa's first ever semi final match in the world cup history and Ronaldo's last world cup match #CR7?? pic.twitter.com/nyi60uO6UQ
— Akpa mgb? (@mperorkings) December 10, 2022
Yesssss!MashaAllah Morocco making Africa proud! Making Palestine proud! Making Muslims proud! Making us all proud!Al hamdulilah!???? ???? pic.twitter.com/X0BRf36KXu
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) December 10, 2022
Morocco celebrate their fantastic win over Portugal with a Sajdah #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/uDl4wj74HX
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) December 10, 2022
?????????????????????? ??????????????! ??????Morocco become the first African side to reach #FIFAWorldCup semi-finals! ??What an achievement by the Atlas Lions! ??@EnMaroc pic.twitter.com/yJh5jPE8Na
— CAF (@CAF_Online) December 10, 2022
Proud ???? What a team! ?????? What an achievement for the African continent & the Muslim world ???? Great to see such a fairytale is still possible in modern football - this will give so many people so much power & hope ????? #Morocco #WorldCup #Qatar2022
— Mesut Özil (@M10) December 10, 2022
MOROCCO ARE HEADING TO THE SEMI-FINALS! ????@adidasfootball | #FIFAWorldCup
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 10, 2022
