Morocco defeated Portugal to become the first African representative in history to achieve this accomplishment of playing in the semi-finals of the World Cup.

42nd-minute En Nesyri scored the only goal of the encounter in favour of Morocco. Moroccan held the 1-0 lead until full time.

They had previously eliminated Spain via penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals and will look forward to beating the winner between England and France tonight to become the first African nation to play a FIFA World Cup final.