Morocco beat Portugal: Defender hilariously kissed Pepe on the head after his miss

Morocco’s Jawad El Yamiq is going viral for kissing Pepe’s head after he missed a sitter to equalise deep into injury time during their World Cup quarter final.

Morocco were holding onto a 1-0 lead given to them by Youssef En-Nesyri’s incredible 42nd minute header.

Walid Regragui’s side have conceded just one goal during the entire World Cup competition – an own goal during their 2-1 victory against Canada.

Portugal threw everything they had at Morocco but just couldn’t find a way past Yassine Bounou.

Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench within minutes of the second half but not even the greatest goalscorer in football history could force an equalise.

Neither could fellow veteran, Pepe.

The 39-year-old scored during Portugal’s 6-1 victory over Switzerland in the last 16.

However, when presented with the perfect opportunity in the seventh minute of injury time, Pepe somehow headed the ball wide.

Well, nobody quite knows.

But Morocco were absolutely delighted to see the ball go wide of the post.

So much so that El Yamiq had to thank Pepe’s bald head for not converting the ball. And Morocco’s defender decided to kiss the top of Pepe’s head in an incredible show of relief.