The exploits of the Atlas Lions in Qatar not only make football fans happy. They also constitute a good advertising campaign for Moroccan tourism , according to the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT).
In addition to their qualities as good players, the massive support - especially from their mothers and their visibility - enjoyed by the Atlas Lions in Qatar is an ingredient in their historic success at the World Cup.
While Diego El Glaoui savored the historic victory of the Atlas Lions against Spain and their first qualification for the World Cup quarter-finals, his future wife Iris Mittenaera takes the opportunity to tease him.
As they take the field on Saturday against Portugal, the Atlas Lions will be playing for the millions of Moroccan supporters but also for their loved ones. This is the case for Selim Amallah who, according to his family, will be defending the national colors for his late mother.
A year after being recruited by PSG, Achraf Hakimi already wants to return to his former club, Inter Milan. The barbs sent to the Parisian club’s coach were apparently not just a passing anger.
After the victory against Spain and the historic qualification for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, a certain uncertainty is gaining Walid Regragui , the coach of the Atlas Lions, before the match against Portugal scheduled for this Saturday, December 10.
Samir Ziani, a Franco-Moroccan boxer from Villeneuve-sur-Lot, who is not very much into football, has a deep admiration for the Atlas Lions who have "reconciled him with the round ball."
Brussels is one of the European cities that has recorded incidents after each of Morocco’s victories in Qatar. In the run-up to Saturday’s match between Morocco and Portugal, counting for the World Cup quarter-finals, Philippe Close, the mayor of Brussels, threatens to crack down in case of public order disturbances.
FIFA announced on Friday the refereeing team for the quarter-final match between Morocco and Portugal on December 10 at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
The Moroccan-Canadian actress and producer Nora Fatehi performed for the first time at the opening ceremony of a World Cup. She shares the emotions she felt in these historic moments in Qatar.
The quarter-finals of the World Cup start next Saturday with an enticing Morocco-Portugal match. As usual at this stage, many observers try to predict the outcome of the matches using statistical models.
Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech has been on AC Milan’s radar for a few months, but the amount of his annual salary is a hindrance to finalizing the negotiations between Chelsea and the Italian club. But with his performances at the World Cup, there is a strong chance that the player will be able to complete this transfer as early as next month.