Morocco star Jawad El Yamiq cheekily kissed rival Pepe’s head after he missed a late effort of their shock win over Portugal.
The Sun studies Morocco made historical past by changing into the primary African nation to achieve a World Cup semi-final.
Youssef En-Nesyri leapt excessive to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa with a surprising first half header to seal the unimaginable victory.
Walid Cheddira acquired a second yellow card within the third of eight minutes of extra time to go away Morocco up in opposition to it as Portugal desperately pressed for an equaliser.
Veteran defender Pepe, 39, got here shut with an opportunity on the dying however his header missed — prompting Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq to console him by planting a kiss on his head.
After witnessing the smooch, one fan tweeted: “This missed opportunity by Pepe and the kiss to the head is straight up disrespectful.”
Another wrote: “No way Morocco’s player kissed Pepe’s head after his 97th minute miss LMAOOO.”
While a fellow viewer commented: “Top s***housery! Kisses Pepe on the head.”
The last whistle was met by wild scenes of celebration from the Moroccans.
But Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo was left in tears as he trudged off the sphere in what’s most-likely his last-ever World Cup sport.
Morocco will subsequent face France after they beat England of their quarterfinal.
But Pepe was livid afterwards that FIFA had appointed Argentinian referee Facundo Tello to officiate the sport lower than 24 hours after the whistleblower’s house nation had secured their place within the semis.
He mentioned: “We conceded a goal that we didn’t see coming. But what I’ve got to say might come as a bit of a shock but I’m going to have to say it anyway.
“It’s unacceptable that an Argentinian referee was taking charge of our game. They should just give Argentina the title.
“I’m not saying that he was biased towards them but what was that all about in the second half?
“Their goalkeeper spent most of it on the ground. They only added on eight minutes. Is that referee for real? Eight minutes?”
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