Morocco’s nationwide soccer workforce has been given a hero’s welcome on its return residence after the gamers exceeded the North African nation’s wildest expectations and completed fourth on the World Cup in Qatar.
Tens of hundreds of jubilant Moroccans welcomed their nationwide workforce. Fans packed the squares and lined the avenues and streets in and round Rabat, lighting lights, waving flags, dancing to the beat of drums and wearing fits and ties as an open-top bus The gamers had been rolling into the capital. police escort
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A smiling participant and coach Walid Regargui waved, blew kisses to his cheering followers and posed for selfies in opposition to a backdrop of rising crowds and swaying palm bushes.
Underdogs Morocco, higher generally known as the Atlas Lions, gained hearts with their never-say-die angle and went down in historical past as one of many massive success tales of this yr’s match.
Morocco beat elite groups by defeating second-place Belgium, beautiful 2010 champions Spain in a penalty shootout within the final 16, and adopted up their spectacular efficiency with a 1–0 win in opposition to 2016 European champions Portugal earlier than faltering in opposition to defending champions France. to proceed. Also, the Atlas Lions grew to become the primary African and Arab nation to achieve the semi-finals of the World Cup.
The workforce completed fourth within the competitors after dropping 1-2 to Croatia within the third-place playoff on Saturday, which exceeded most Moroccans’ expectations.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
