Morocco made football history in the World Cup quarter-finals against Portugal and became the first African team to reach a World Cup semi-final. Striker star En-Nesyri provided the golden goal, beating Diogo Costa with a header. Fernando Santos reacted shortly after the break and brought in Cristiano Ronaldo, but he couldn't prevent the Portuguese bankruptcy either. While Morocco is on cloud nine, Ronaldo left the interior crying bitterly. Happiness and sorrow are often very close together. We take a look at the network reactions.

Anyone who thought that the team without Ronaldo in the starting XI would now be really in the flow was wrong. The Portuguese hardly threatened to get in front of the goal and had to accept the 0-1 after a mistake by keeper Diogo Costa. Accordingly, the first calls for Ronaldo were already loud at halftime.

In fact, Fernando Santos reacted shortly after the break and brought on Cristiano Ronaldo. In addition, other stars came with Cancelo and Rafael Leao. The Portuguese put a lot of pressure on, but kept finding themselves unable to cope with the brave fighting Moroccans and the outstanding Bono.

After a lush eight minutes of stoppage time, the sensation was perfect. Morocco are the first African country to reach the semi-finals, while CR7 made a very bitter and tearful farewell.

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