Dakar, 10/12/2022 (MAP) – The President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, congratulated the Atlas Lions following their « historic and fantastic » qualification for the semi-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup after beating Saturday the Portuguese team by 1-0.
« Historic! and fantastic! The Atlas Lions are qualified for the semi-finals of the World Cup! Bravo Morocco, » wrote President Macky Sall on his twitter account.
The Atlas Lions’ winning goal was scored by Youssef En-Nesyri in the 42nd minute.
The Moroccan team will face France for a place in the final.
Morocco will face in the semi-final France which beat England by 2-1 on Saturday night.