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Nigel De Jong has hit out at Portugal for their complacency after they were knocked out of the World Cup by underdogs Morocco on Saturday.
Portugal eased into the quarter-finals with a 6-1 thrashing of Switzerland on Tuesday, but they came unstuck against Morocco, with Youssef En-Nesyri's first-half header sealing a 1-0 win for the North African side.
De Jong believes Portugal fell well short of the standards they achieved against Switzerland, and has put it down to the European side underestimating Morocco.
Morocco pulled off a shock win against Portugal to make the semi-finals of the World Cup
Nigel De Jong thinks Portugal paid the price for being too complacent during the match
'They had a couple of chances, there was a good one for Ramos. This was not the Ramos we saw in the win over Switzerland,' De Jong told ITV.
'Fernandes had a chance on the edge on the box. There was resilience from Morocco,
