LUSAIL, Qatar — By the fourth goal, even Cristiano Ronaldo, standing and clapping in front of the Portugal bench, could not complain. By the fifth, he could only offer a wry smile. Portugal was in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, and for a day …
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Continue readingSpain, fond of passing, bows out meekly when forced to shoot.
AL RAYYAN, Qatar — The noise had been building, rising from raucous to deafening and beyond, until it became something all-encompassing, vaguely elemental. The tension, too, as Morocco drew closer and closer to achieving what had seemed almost …
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