This Saturday, the international press highlighted the tears of Cristiano Ronaldo after Portugal’s defeat against Morocco (1-0), in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in the elimination of the Portuguese national team from the tournament taking place in Qatar .
“It hurts to see Ronaldo like this,” reads the official website of the Spanish newspaper Marca, which also reports the revolt of some Portuguese players against the referees of the Argentine Facundo Tello.
“I don’t know if they’re going to give the cup to Argentina now,” Marca insists, emphasizing statements by Pepe, a former Real Madrid player who started the duel with Morocco as captain of the Portuguese team.
The Gazzetta delo Sport points to the end of the dream of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese national team, highlighting an image of the Portuguese striker in tears, as he was caught by the television cameras on his way to the changing rooms.
The Englishman The Sun even says that Ronaldo has not been able to inspire his team against the Moroccan wall.
Folha de São Paulo, from Brazil, remembers that Morocco ended the World Cup for Ronaldo (and also for Fernando Santos’ team) and returns to Pepe’s words, highly critical of the referees.
“Ronaldo screams for elimination, Pepe says the referees will give Argentina the title,” the publication reads.
The Portuguese football team was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, losing to Morocco and making their debut at this stage 1-0 at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha.
A goal from Youssef En Nesyri, in the 42nd minute, sealed the triumph of the Moroccans, who became the first African team to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup, while Portugal failed to repeat the 1966 ‘semi-finals’ and 2006.
In the semi-finals, Morocco, which ended in 10th place as Cheddira was sent off (90+3 minutes), will take place at 10pm local time (7pm in Lisbon) in Al Khor on Wednesday. the winner of the match between England and France, who still face each other today.
Source: DN
