With the indestructible will of its defense and the inconceivable noise of its fans, Morocco achieved World Cup history Saturday night, venturing further into the hard, hard knockout brackets of time than any African team ever had, Chuck Culpepper writes.
DOHA, Qatar — With the indestructible will of its defense and the inconceivable noise of its fans, Morocco achieved World Cup history Saturday night, venturing further into the hard, hard knockout brackets of time than any African team ever had.
He appeared to cry in the tunnel on the way out, departing the World Cup after five appearances stretched from 2006 through 2022, with one semifinal showing in 2006. The last three African sides to reach World Cup quarterfinals had gone out only in the most excruciating manners. None had fallen in regulation.
From even before the beginning, a great frenzy of a Saturday night seemed nigh. Vendors had picked up on the sensation and had arrived in abundance with clusters of flags to sell, mostly Moroccan with a few Portuguese flags buried in the bouquets. Ticketless fans who wished to be amid the joy seemed to enlarge the throngs, which seemed to complicate the management of the stadium passageways.
. That jeering carried through the match often, but the sound that followed it once the final whistle blew wouldn’t be anybody’s idea of a jeer.
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