Up went the decibels and up went the barricades as Portugal threw everything they had at Morocco. Up went the tension as goalkeeper Bono made a fine save from Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe headed wide at the back post.
Off went Walid Cheddira, sent off in stoppage time as they hung on. They had spent most of the second half camped inside their penalty box repelling wave after wave of Portuguese attack but there was no way through a defence as impenetrable as the Atlas Mountains.
They have conceded only conceded once in five games in Qatar, and that was an own goal in a group win against Canada.