Following Croatia and Argentina, Morocco and France also advanced to the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar early this morning Beijing time.
Among them, Morocco defeated Portugal 1:0, and the African team entered the semi-finals for the first time; France beat England 2:1, and the Three Lions failed to climb the mountain of the defending champion.
For the fourth time in history, African football, which has launched an impact on the top four of the World Cup, has finally passed this hurdle today.
Successive elimination of Spain and Portugal's Morocco team, let this dream come true.
Compared with Portugal, which defeated Switzerland, the Moroccan team, which struggled with Spain for 120 minutes to advance, undoubtedly lost more.
This African "single seedling" is still plagued by injuries. Many main players have been suffering from injuries. The core player Mazraoui who played for the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich was unable to appear in this quarter-final.
But in the face of the dominant Portugal, the Moroccan team, which was left behind, burst out with amazing energy.
Although they are mainly defensive, their tactics are not conservative, and they dare to invest troops in counterattacks.
In the 42nd minute, the Moroccan team launched an offensive from the side, Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa made a mistake, and En Nesri scored with a header, breaking the deadlock on the field.
The picture shows Morocco's Ennesri header scored
Conceding the ball first caught the Portuguese team a little off guard.
After failing to equalize the score for a long time, coach Santos finally played the most important card in his hand.
In the 51st minute, Ronaldo came off the bench.
This is the 196th time that Ronaldo has played for Portugal. He thus tied with Kuwaiti player Badr Mutawa and tied for the player with the most appearances in the history of the national team.
With Ronaldo, Cancelo and others playing one after another, the Portuguese team's counterattack became more and more vigorous, but the unlucky Morocco team lost their captain Seth at this time.
As the backbone of the defense, Seth suffered a leg injury in the quarter-finals with Spain.
But not only did he persevere to the end in that game, he still played with an injury today and led the defense.
However, in the 57th minute, Seth, who had fought for most of the game, was injured and fell to the ground again. Unable to get up, he was finally carried out of the field on a stretcher.
In the adversity of losing big-name stars and team captains one after another, the tenacious Moroccan team survived this difficult half an hour relying on their indestructible fighting spirit and firm belief. Their defense line is as invulnerable as a hard armor.
The Portuguese team has been attacking, but failed to wait for the goal they were expecting.
The game time passed little by little, and the Portuguese team's hopes of qualifying were gradually exhausted.
With the final whistle, Morocco wrote a new chapter in history in an almost tragic way, a moment that will always be remembered by the World Cup in African football.
Morocco reached the semi-finals in history, while Ronaldo's fifth World Cup came to an abrupt end.
After the game, the 37-year-old fell to his knees on the lawn, covering his face and crying.
Saying goodbye in such a way is destined to have too much unwillingness and regret.
In this cup, Ronaldo became the first player to score in five consecutive World Cups.
He has said that winning the World Cup is an achievable goal for Portugal.
But in front of the tireless Moroccans, the magnificent dream finally turned into a mirror image.
The picture shows the moment when Giroud scored with a header
The galloping "dark horse" continued to move forward, and their next opponent was the defending champion.
In the last quarter-finals, France defeated England 2:1 and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the war between Britain and France, masters played against each other.
The two teams are both traditional European teams and have a lot of history.
However, according to statistics, this is the first time that the two sides have met in the knockout stage of the World Cup or European Cup.
Therefore, this is a different war between Britain and France than before.
Strong dialogue is also the biggest stage.
The 22-year-old Chuameni seized the opportunity to become famous in the first fight, and he gave France the lead in the 17th minute with a flawless long-range shot.
The picture shows the moment when French player Joan Armeni scored
After losing the ball, the England team launched a counterattack. They were the more active side in this duel, but the score of 0:1 was maintained until the end of the midfield.
Statistically, England have never won a World Cup game when trailing at half-time.
Today did not become an exception, even though the Three Lions evened the score in the 52nd minute, and Kane scored a penalty kick made by Saka.
The game fell into a stalemate after a 1:1 tie, and it was the French team that broke the balance of power on the field.
In the 78th minute, Griezmann used a corner kick to assist Giroud with a header and rewrite the score to 2:1.
The picture shows the moment when Kane flew a penalty kick
Unwilling to lose, the Three Lions had another chance before the end of the game. Mount won the second penalty for the team.
But Kane, who stepped up to the twelve-yard point again, kicked the ball away.
England's promotion hopes, with the ball flying into the distance.
For Kane, it was a bitter battle.
He scored the first penalty kick, and the number of goals scored by the national team tied with Rooney (53) and tied for the top scorer in the history of the England team; The team was eliminated as a result.
So far, all the semi-finals of this World Cup have been released, and the champion will be produced between Argentina, Croatia, Morocco and France.
The semi-final matches are as follows:
03:00 on the 14th Argentina vs Croatia
03:00 on the 15th Morocco vs France
In the next two days, the Qatar World Cup will once again enter the off-season.
The first semi-final will be held at 3:00 am on the 14th Beijing time (next Wednesday), with Croatia playing against Argentina.