Dozens of Morocco fans took to the streets of Cardiff city centre last night to celebrate their team's historic win over Portugal in the World Cup quarter finals. Videos shared on social media show fans letting off blue and red smoke flares and cheering and chanting in celebration after Morocco secured their spot in the semi-finals.
As well as dancing atop the Welsh bucket hat in the city centre, many Morocco fans met outside Casablanca Moroccan & Lebanese Cuisine restaurant on City Road to celebrate the historic win - this is the first time any country in Africa has ever made a football World Cup semi-final.
Understandably, proud fans couldn't contain their excitement and were seen singing, dancing and waving flags in celebration. In one video, which has been viewed more than 7,000 times on Twitter, crowds can be seen spilling into the road as they chant, dance and wave their flags, whilst car horns can be heard beeping in response - though it's not clear whether this was in frustration at the fans or in support of them. Sharing the video, trainee journalist Sam Edwards said: "Absolute scenes on City Road after that huge Morocco win."
Further videos show fans letting off coloured smoke flares whilst others hold their phones high in the air to record the action. Plus, one video shows a police car, a police van and four officers at the scene on City Road, appearing to be monitoring the large crowds as they spill into the busy road. We've asked South Wales Police for more details on this - when we have it, we will update this article.
Sam Edwards, who shot this video, said: "It was really good to see. I had the game on in my room 20ft from where they were celebrating and came out straight away. There was probably about 30 people in the mix and everyone moved on after about 15 mins when asked to by police."
Why is Morocco's win such a big deal?
Of course, it's an achievement in itself to win a match in the World Cup and to make it to the semi-finals - but Morocco's win is made all the more significant as it marks the first time any country in Africa has ever made a football World Cup semi-final. So there's plenty of cause for celebration.
Ronaldo's devastation as Morocco sail to the lead
As our sports writer explains, Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri's header just before the break was enough to send Portugal out of the tournament - much to Portugal and Ronaldo fans' dismay.
Ronaldo had started from the bench at the Al Thumama Stadium and watched on as his team-mates struggled to break down a resilient and dogged Moroccan defence. After coming on for Ruben Neves just after the break, Ronaldo unfortunately couldn't inspire his team to victory, despite forcing a fine save from Yassine Bounou late on.
At the age of 37, this was likely his last chance to finally win a World Cup, and the weight of seeing his dream fall apart was clearly too much when the final whistle was blown. He was seen fighting back tears on the pitch, before sulking off to head straight down the tunnel, where he began to cry uncontrollably.
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