Videos released by Palestinian media on Saturday evening showed celebrations at the Damascus Gate in central Jerusalem celebrating Morocco’s victory over Portugal and the historic qualification for the 2022 World Cup semi-finals.
Jerusalem youths celebrated and set off fireworks and cheered for the Moroccan national team in an atmosphere of joy and happiness before the occupying forces intervened and crushed those in the Damascus Gate area. The Moroccan national team achieved a new high-profile surprise and made history by reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup held in the State of Qatar, defeating Portugal 1-0 in a meeting that brought them together at the Al Tumama Stadium. in the quarterfinal round. Unlike the previous match against Spain, Morocco entered the match adventurously attacking from the very beginning and tried to break through the Portuguese defense led by Bibi in several attempts, the most dangerous of which was in the fifth minute, when Youssef Al-Nusairi missed a dangerous opportunity , with a header that went wide despite being out of control in the box.
In the first half, the Moroccan national team was able, thanks to clever passing and dribbling by their players Sima Onaha and Ziyech, to entertain the fans who filled the Al-Tumama stadium. Portugal tried to improve their attacking game by pushing Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Cancela and indeed their number of attempts increased so Bruno Fernandez hit a dangerous ball in the 63rd minute, but the ball flew just a few centimeters from Yassin Bono’s goal. Cristiano Ronaldo almost equalized after a long pass reached him in front of the net, but Yacine Bono also blocked it. From the 93rd minute, the Moroccan national team played with 10 players, after Walid Chedira received a red card as a result of a hard tackle by Joao Felix. In the 96th minute, Zakaria Abu missed the opportunity to kill the match, because he was alone right in front of the Portuguese national team, but in a strange way he shot the goalkeeper in the hands.
In the remaining time, the players of the Portuguese national team tried to level the score, but the whistle of the Argentine referee Facundo Tello heralded the end of the match with a historic victory for the Moroccan lions. With this victory, Morocco became the first Arab and African team in history to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. The Moroccan national team will wait in the semi-finals for the winner of the confrontation between England and France, which will take place tonight.
