Morocco did a great miracle. Before the tournament, no one would have expected them to play in the quarterfinals. But they are now preparing to reach the semi-finals. They will be the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. They won my admiration with the football they played.
Portugal are playing football far from creating a danger that could change the score. The only person who can change this game may be Cristiano Ronaldo. He just entered the game. If he can change things, he will be back in the starting lineup. And he will keep his team in the World Cup. His performance will determine the fate of the match.
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December 10, 2022, 11:18:20 AM
December 10, 2022, 11:02:25 AM
Allez, Morocco! Man, if I knew my luck would be better just keeping my money on underdogs, I'd have done it all tournament long.
1 goal up, and they should honestly have had a second (well okay they should have let in a couple too haha) if only Sofiane wasn't selfish with their final attempt.
If the first half is anything to go by, they're showing that they're not just an absorption team waiting for penalties. What a game!
1 goal up, and they should honestly have had a second (well okay they should have let in a couple too haha) if only Sofiane wasn't selfish with their final attempt.
If the first half is anything to go by, they're showing that they're not just an absorption team waiting for penalties. What a game!
It is really showing that they are not really an absurd team waiting for the penalties. The Sofiane guy was selfish, it is a goal Ziyech would have completed successfully and the match would have ended. The Morocco team is more than what many of us think that they are. If you look carefully and see how they complete their passess and build attack from defence you will understand that they have quality players.
December 10, 2022, 11:00:22 AM
No doubt Morocco has indeed done very well in this world cup.
I hope they can do better, high hopes for them to take the African name to the Semi Finals after the last failed attempt from Ghana. Morocco have so far not lost any game in the , hopefully it continues today. Good thing for Morocco that they have already seen how this Portuguese side can play without Ronaldo, so they know what to expect. Every Portuguese player in front posses an attacking threat, the Moroccans will be conscious of that. It will take very good play for the Portuguese to go past the Moroccan defense that has been outstanding in this world cup.I want Morocco to win.
I really want Morocco to win today. The way this team is performing without any star players is truly amazing. They are performing very well. Morocco is playing very well because of the good understanding between the team players. Portugal is not a weak team. Even so, it cannot be said that victory against them is impossible. Morocco will try to beat Portugal.
Morocco leads 1-0 at the end of the first half. Morocco is not playing defensively like in the previous matches. They attack a lot. Morocco made a total of 7 shots in the first half. And 5 were made by the players of Portugal. Hopefully, Morocco will win with a margin of 1-0.
December 10, 2022, 10:58:24 AM
Morocco 1 - 0 Portugal
I confess that I am very shocked by this result, I did not expect that Morocco would be beating Portugal, I know that it is only the first part of the game and that there is still another 45 minutes, but I believe that at this rate Morocco could beat Portugal , the coach of portugal made the mistake of putting the same 11 that played against switzerland, maybe he didn't think that morocco would study the game of portugal against switzerland and improve in defense, that will be a slap in the face of the coach of portugal that didn't put ronaldo because he didn't like ronaldo's behavior
I confess that I am very shocked by this result, I did not expect that Morocco would be beating Portugal, I know that it is only the first part of the game and that there is still another 45 minutes, but I believe that at this rate Morocco could beat Portugal , the coach of portugal made the mistake of putting the same 11 that played against switzerland, maybe he didn't think that morocco would study the game of portugal against switzerland and improve in defense, that will be a slap in the face of the coach of portugal that didn't put ronaldo because he didn't like ronaldo's behavior
December 10, 2022, 10:50:40 AM
Allez, Morocco! Man, if I knew my luck would be better just keeping my money on underdogs, I'd have done it all tournament long.
1 goal up, and they should honestly have had a second (well okay they should have let in a couple too haha) if only Sofiane wasn't selfish with their final attempt.
If the first half is anything to go by, they're showing that they're not just an absorption team waiting for penalties. What a game!
1 goal up, and they should honestly have had a second (well okay they should have let in a couple too haha) if only Sofiane wasn't selfish with their final attempt.
If the first half is anything to go by, they're showing that they're not just an absorption team waiting for penalties. What a game!
December 10, 2022, 10:48:24 AM
No doubt Morocco has indeed done very well in this world cup.
I hope they can do better, high hopes for them to take the African name to the Semi Finals after the last failed attempt from Ghana. Morocco have so far not lost any game in the , hopefully it continues today. Good thing for Morocco that they have already seen how this Portuguese side can play without Ronaldo, so they know what to expect. Every Portuguese player in front posses an attacking threat, the Moroccans will be conscious of that. It will take very good play for the Portuguese to go past the Moroccan defense that has been outstanding in this world cup.I want Morocco to win.
All eyes are on Morocco to prove to the world that African footballers are underrated and if they should win against Portugal and progress to the semi-finals of the competition. One good thing about the Moroccan team is their attacking force which has made the team better than most teams in the tournament with the absence of Ronaldo in Portugal's team, the advantages of Portugal will be limited because all the other players will be rated as equal.
Good news, Morocco leads.
December 10, 2022, 10:40:12 AM
No doubt Morocco has indeed done very well in this world cup.
I hope they can do better, high hopes for them to take the African name to the Semi Finals after the last failed attempt from Ghana. Morocco have so far not lost any game in the , hopefully it continues today. Good thing for Morocco that they have already seen how this Portuguese side can play without Ronaldo, so they know what to expect. Every Portuguese player in front posses an attacking threat, the Moroccans will be conscious of that. It will take very good play for the Portuguese to go past the Moroccan defense that has been outstanding in this world cup.I want Morocco to win.
Born Nigerians turning Argentines Hehe.
Like i said before a win for Morroco is a win for all Africans no doubts, but I want to see Portugal winning and headed for the next round.
First thirty minutes has seen both sides opening themselves up. Portugal has gotten to open Morroco and the defense. They have been very compact holding the line very strong.
If Portugal is to win this game, they have to be ready, they might not have all the chances in the match, just as yesterday game they have to make sure they score and defend very.
Jaoa Felix has like two chances already and keeps missing these chances, which I know they might not get in the second half.
Truthfully, I hope Portugal goes through today.
December 10, 2022, 10:20:10 AM
No doubt Morocco has indeed done very well in this world cup.
I hope they can do better, high hopes for them to take the African name to the Semi Finals after the last failed attempt from Ghana. Morocco have so far not lost any game in the , hopefully it continues today. Good thing for Morocco that they have already seen how this Portuguese side can play without Ronaldo, so they know what to expect. Every Portuguese player in front posses an attacking threat, the Moroccans will be conscious of that. It will take very good play for the Portuguese to go past the Moroccan defense that has been outstanding in this world cup.I want Morocco to win.
December 10, 2022, 09:24:23 AM
I see so many who are proud of what Morocco has achieved, this is indeed not the first African team to reach the quarterfinals, several other teams have done this, but what makes me quite curious is whether anyone was brave enough to bet on Morocco yesterday? to be honest i didn't do that just bet on over 2.5 too bad it didn't work. Congratulations to Africa, which still has one team playing in this World Cup.
Yes I think everyone knows this because in the previous world cups the likes of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana has achieved same success but what makes this one different is the fact that Morocco has done this in an impressive way. They got the highest point by an African team in the group stage, defeated the heavyweight teams that were in the group and ended up topping the group. They have done all this without losing a single game and now they're in the quarter finals. It also came to my knowledge of recent that the Arab nations are now coming Morocco with headlines like then been the first Arab nation to achieve this and only Arabic team left in the competition.
Once again when they win they're been called Arab but when they lose African, well I'm grateful the coach made it very clear of Morocco been an African nation and we'll be routing for them today. International I'm supporting Portugal and if Morocco can't go on to win the tournament then they should step them for Portugal who has a higher chance of winning since the likes of Brazil are out of the tournament.
No doubt Morocco has indeed done very well in this world cup. I couldn't imagine the likes of Morocco topping their group with the likes of Belgium in their group. The world cup it self has been a very surprising one with so many top teams loosing or going out in the group stages.
The rest African teams are out but the last team which is morocco are still holding on , they have surprise the footballing world that nothing is impossible and i think they still have some tricks up their sleeves today to suprise the world and Portugal that African nations are part of the competition for real this time around.
Well i don't blame the arab nations claiming Morocco as one them well with fact that they look arabic and speak arab they can just claim their success as one of their nations . But the original facts still remain that they belong to the African terrain and under the African map so whatever they feel, they are still african and if they manage to win the world cup today it will go down in history that an African nation has finally won the world cup
December 10, 2022, 09:01:48 AM
despite being a fan of morocco because i am african, i am also a fan of portugal and being neutral i must say that portugal has excellent players in their attack, something very different from morocco has been wasting clear opportunities but in this game they will be playing against portugal, which is a completely different team from spain, who preferred to play more in possession of the ball, portugal will attack morocco more than staying in possession of the ball, and morocco will have to be very careful every time they go on the attack to avoid If they lose the ball and suffer a counter-attack and they score a goal, I see Portugal winning this game, I very much doubt that there will be a favorable result for Morocco
Yes, I also do not see options for Morocco to win (of course, there is always a share of randomness and all teams have a chance). Portugal is not the kind of team that you can completely give the ball to, like Spain, and defend in your own half of the field. At the same time, playing open football with the Portuguese national team means getting a result similar to the one in the Portugal-Switzerland game. Quite a difficult choice for the head coach of the Morocco national team.As Portugal played an attacking strategy against Switzerland, the Portugal team will play this strategy in today's match. Morocco's coach will definitely have to come up with an alternative match strategy. In all the previous matches, Morocco's strategy was to draw the match only by resisting the attacks. But even playing with this strategy today, probably Portugal's players will be able to break Morocco's defense. So I think today Morocco should focus on counter-attacking as well as resisting the Portuguese players' attacks. Portugal's players will also be under pressure if they attack the counter. And then the Portuguese player won't attack too much.
December 10, 2022, 08:26:25 AM
despite being a fan of morocco because i am african, i am also a fan of portugal and being neutral i must say that portugal has excellent players in their attack, something very different from morocco has been wasting clear opportunities but in this game they will be playing against portugal, which is a completely different team from spain, who preferred to play more in possession of the ball, portugal will attack morocco more than staying in possession of the ball, and morocco will have to be very careful every time they go on the attack to avoid If they lose the ball and suffer a counter-attack and they score a goal, I see Portugal winning this game, I very much doubt that there will be a favorable result for Morocco
Yes, I also do not see options for Morocco to win (of course, there is always a share of randomness and all teams have a chance). Portugal is not the kind of team that you can completely give the ball to, like Spain, and defend in your own half of the field. At the same time, playing open football with the Portuguese national team means getting a result similar to the one in the Portugal-Switzerland game. Quite a difficult choice for the head coach of the Morocco national team.
December 10, 2022, 08:04:53 AM
despite being a fan of morocco because i am african, i am also a fan of portugal and being neutral i must say that portugal has excellent players in their attack, something very different from morocco has been wasting clear opportunities but in this game they will be playing against portugal, which is a completely different team from spain, who preferred to play more in possession of the ball, portugal will attack morocco more than staying in possession of the ball, and morocco will have to be very careful every time they go on the attack to avoid If they lose the ball and suffer a counter-attack and they score a goal, I see Portugal winning this game, I very much doubt that there will be a favorable result for Morocco
Yes, I also do not see options for Morocco to win (of course, there is always a share of randomness and all teams have a chance). Portugal is not the kind of team that you can completely give the ball to, like Spain, and defend in your own half of the field. At the same time, playing open football with the Portuguese national team means getting a result similar to the one in the Portugal-Switzerland game. Quite a difficult choice for the head coach of the Morocco national team.
December 10, 2022, 06:28:52 AM
Once again when they win they're been called Arab but when they lose African, well I'm grateful the coach made it very clear of Morocco been an African nation and we'll be routing for them today. International I'm supporting Portugal and if Morocco can't go on to win the tournament then they should step them for Portugal who has a higher chance of winning since the likes of Brazil are out of the tournament.
These famous words of the Moroccan coach Walid Regragui - "I am not here to be a politician. We want to fly Africa's flag high just like Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon. We are here to represent Africa." needs to be framed for posterity. It beats my imagination that some so called journalists would want to twists the narrative for their own selfish and political discuss. Absolutely disgusting. On the other hand, I do not care if the represent the Africa, the Arab world, the Asian continent or whatever, I just want to watch good football today. I sincerely wish Morrocco win because I love seeing underdogs prove the public wrong just like what happened with Brazil. I hope their hearts and their heads stay in the game. But whatever the out come is in the end , they have fought a good fight.
despite being a fan of morocco because i am african, i am also a fan of portugal and being neutral i must say that portugal has excellent players in their attack, something very different from morocco has been wasting clear opportunities but in this game they will be playing against portugal, which is a completely different team from spain, who preferred to play more in possession of the ball, portugal will attack morocco more than staying in possession of the ball, and morocco will have to be very careful every time they go on the attack to avoid If they lose the ball and suffer a counter-attack and they score a goal, I see Portugal winning this game, I very much doubt that there will be a favorable result for Morocco
December 10, 2022, 06:06:10 AM
Exactly , there was this much expectation on the Spanish team this world cup, And this amounted pressure on the entire players.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
That is what makes football so entertaining to watch. An unexpected team defeating a team that everyone expects to win a match. Spain had played their best till that point. They were able to keep Morocco at bay until penalties, despite having the majority of scoring chances in that game. To me, penalties do not assess a team's perfection, thus their exit was just unlucky for them, whereas Morocco benefited from the penalty that day.
December 10, 2022, 01:57:51 AM
Once again when they win they're been called Arab but when they lose African, well I'm grateful the coach made it very clear of Morocco been an African nation and we'll be routing for them today. International I'm supporting Portugal and if Morocco can't go on to win the tournament then they should step them for Portugal who has a higher chance of winning since the likes of Brazil are out of the tournament.
These famous words of the Moroccan coach Walid Regragui - "I am not here to be a politician. We want to fly Africa's flag high just like Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon. We are here to represent Africa." needs to be framed for posterity. It beats my imagination that some so called journalists would want to twists the narrative for their own selfish and political discuss. Absolutely disgusting. On the other hand, I do not care if the represent the Africa, the Arab world, the Asian continent or whatever, I just want to watch good football today. I sincerely wish Morrocco win because I love seeing underdogs prove the public wrong just like what happened with Brazil. I hope their hearts and their heads stay in the game. But whatever the out come is in the end , they have fought a good fight.
December 10, 2022, 01:02:34 AM
Exactly , there was this much expectation on the Spanish team this world cup, And this amounted pressure on the entire players.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
That is what makes football so entertaining to watch. An unexpected team defeating a team that everyone expects to win a match. Spain had played their best till that point. They were able to keep Morocco at bay until penalties, despite having the majority of scoring chances in that game. To me, penalties do not assess a team's perfection, thus their exit was just unlucky for them, whereas Morocco benefited from the penalty that day.
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December 09, 2022, 11:53:18 PM
I see so many who are proud of what Morocco has achieved, this is indeed not the first African team to reach the quarterfinals, several other teams have done this, but what makes me quite curious is whether anyone was brave enough to bet on Morocco yesterday? to be honest i didn't do that just bet on over 2.5 too bad it didn't work. Congratulations to Africa, which still has one team playing in this World Cup.
Yes I think everyone knows this because in the previous world cups the likes of Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana has achieved same success but what makes this one different is the fact that Morocco has done this in an impressive way. They got the highest point by an African team in the group stage, defeated the heavyweight teams that were in the group and ended up topping the group. They have done all this without losing a single game and now they're in the quarter finals. It also came to my knowledge of recent that the Arab nations are now coming Morocco with headlines like then been the first Arab nation to achieve this and only Arabic team left in the competition.
Once again when they win they're been called Arab but when they lose African, well I'm grateful the coach made it very clear of Morocco been an African nation and we'll be routing for them today. International I'm supporting Portugal and if Morocco can't go on to win the tournament then they should step them for Portugal who has a higher chance of winning since the likes of Brazil are out of the tournament.
December 09, 2022, 11:48:50 AM
Exactly , there was this much expectation on the Spanish team this world cup, And this amounted pressure on the entire players.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
That is what makes football so entertaining to watch. An unexpected team defeating a team that everyone expects to win a match. Spain had played their best till that point. They were able to keep Morocco at bay until penalties, despite having the majority of scoring chances in that game. To me, penalties do not assess a team's perfection, thus their exit was just unlucky for them, whereas Morocco benefited from the penalty that day.
December 09, 2022, 10:44:09 AM
Unfortunately, my interlocutors were right. And despite the fact that this defeat cost me dearly (because of this, I was eliminated from that competition with 0.5 mbtc bets), I'm glad that shitty football was punished. I don't like Tiki Taka at all, but Spain was able to play even this shit very badly. If you want to make a million passes, then why take extra touches? Naturally, if you receive the ball, then work it under the foot and make pass with the third touch, the opponent will have time to block the zones and this is a very slow game. I don't know what Spain hoped for and I don't know why a brainless coach seeing that his plan wasn't working didn't try to change anything. The Spanish national team remains a team with one plan A. It's too little to win serious games.
In addition I'll say that L Enrique could have just changed tactics to Four Four Two using double attacking players since his plan A wasn't effective enough to break Morocco. The likes of Fati and Morata should have been used and then maybe, Pedri, Olmo on the wing Sergio Busquet and someone else, the coach should have known better.
Millions of passing but non to hurt the opponents, Barcelona gotten from Manchester City shouldn't have been called, Busquet also, Rodri of Manchester City shouldn't have been used as a defender if Ramos was called up, I think he would have been a better option or Thiago Alcantara to Sergio Busquet. They failed but I hope he learns. I don't wish Morocco luck ahead, I'm team Portugal come Saturday.
I think that replacing the defender with a striker and playing in a 3-4-3 formation was also a normal option. Against three defenders Morocco would have to attack and it would be an open game where Spain is obviously better. Let them concede a goal or two but they could score 3-4 back. Sometimes the maximum reliability (which Spain chose) is not the right decision, because you win the battle (solving the local task not to concede a goal) but lose the war (match).
December 09, 2022, 10:07:16 AM
We just have to give Moroccans the credit and not entirely blame Spain for the loss.
Spain's loss is hyped because of the big expectations for this Spain team that many people had for them first getting into the world cup, an expectation that they reinforced by scoring very many goals in their first game, and completing many passes in the competition, more than any other team. We thought they will go far and not get knocked out by an African side. Their coach Luis Enrique has been sacked as a result of the dissapointment the loss brought to the country.source
Exactly , there was this much expectation on the Spanish team this world cup, And this amounted pressure on the entire players.
But on before the world cup, the Spanish team is not what they used to be before, there was a drop as regards to their performance, so what makes it to become a headline and a big defeat was the fact that people was not expecting a team like Morocco to send them packing.
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