FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, December 10, 2022
Portugal WWWLW 0
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Morocco WDWWW 1
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POR000
MAR101
Al Thumama Stadium · 44,198 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Morocco shock Portugal to become first African nation in World Cup semifinals

Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal as they stunned Portugal with a 1-0 win thanks to a Youssef En-Nesyri header.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
73.3
Possession
26.7
12
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
567
Accurate Passes
176
663
Passes
247
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
35
Crosses
7
0.2
Cross %
0.4
56
Long Balls
55
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
9
2
Effective Clearances
35
2
Clearances
35

Highlights

01:41 Burley lauds history-making Morocco Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

MAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  3. 18Jawad El YamiqCD-R
  4. 25Yahia Attiyat AllahLB
  5. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  6. 4Sofyan AmrabatCM
  7. 15Selim AmallahLM
  8. 8Azzedine OunahiRM
  9. 19Youssef En-NesyriF
  10. 17Sofiane BoufalLF
  11. 7Hakim ZiyechRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Walid CheddiraSUB
  2. 13Ilias ChairSUB
  3. 26Yahya JabraneSUB
  4. 12Munir El KajouiSUB
  5. 23Bilal El KhannoussSUB
  6. 10Anass ZarourySUB
  7. 16Abde EzzalzouliSUB
  8. 14Zakaria AboukhlalSUB
  9. 24Badr BenounSUB
  10. 22Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiSUB
  11. 20Achraf DariSUB
  12. 11Abdelhamid SabiriSUB
  13. 9Abderrazak HamdallahSUB

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 22Diogo CostaG
  2. 4Rúben DiasCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 5Raphaël GuerreiroLB
  5. 2Diogo DalotRB
  6. 18Rúben NevesCM
  7. 25OtávioLM
  8. 10Bernardo SilvaRM
  9. 26Gonçalo RamosF
  10. 11João FélixLF
  11. 8Bruno FernandesRF

Substitutes

  1. 1Rui PatrícioSUB
  2. 24António SilvaSUB
  3. 23Matheus NunesSUB
  4. 12José SáSUB
  5. 14William CarvalhoSUB
  6. 21Ricardo HortaSUB
  7. 9André SilvaSUB
  8. 7Cristiano RonaldoSUB
  9. 6João PalhinhaSUB
  10. 17João MárioSUB
  11. 15Rafael LeãoSUB
  12. 16VitinhaSUB
  13. 20João CanceloSUB

Timeline

  1. 42' Goal! Morocco 1, Portugal 0. Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yahya Attiat-Allah with a cross.
  2. 51' Substitution, Portugal. João Cancelo replaces Raphaël Guerreiro.
  3. 51' Substitution, Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo replaces Rúben Neves.
  4. 57' Substitution, Morocco. Achraf Dari replaces Romain Saïss because of an injury.
  5. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Walid Cheddira replaces Selim Amallah.
  6. 65' Substitution, Morocco. Badr Benoun replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  7. 69' Substitution, Portugal. Rafael Leão replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  8. 69' Substitution, Portugal. Vitinha replaces Otávio.
  9. 70' Achraf Dari (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Portugal. Ricardo Horta replaces Diogo Dalot because of an injury.
  11. 82' Substitution, Morocco. Zakaria Aboukhlal replaces Hakim Ziyech because of an injury.
  12. 82' Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Jabrane replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  13. 87' Vitinha (Portugal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+1' Walid Cheddira (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Walid Cheddira (Morocco) for a bad foul.

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