Another step for Morocco, another step for the Arab world, another push to a new frontier for the Middle East. Morocco’s reputation-shredding journey through the World Cup has now claimed another major European scalp.
After sending Arabs across the world into a state of ecstasy that it had previously never experienced, Morocco’s soccer team did it once more. In a display of defensive grit and no little attacking verve, the Moroccans are now barely believable qualifiers for the semifinals, adding the scalp of Portugal to a list of major European nations it has now dumped out of the tournament on its thrilling joyride through the Qatar World Cup.