Morocco's hopes of becoming the first African
country to reach the final of the World Cup ended after the team lost 2-0 to
France.
The Moroccan fans, who gathered all over the
Maghreb, in Europe and in Qatar, the host of the World Cup, hoped to defeat the
former colonialists.
But it was not about the goals of Theo Hernandez
and Kylian Mbappe, as the world champions reached the final match.
Al-Mushjaja said in Al-Dar Al-Bayda to the BBC, "Khusrana Lakna Fakhroon Jada".
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The police increased their presence in the center of Paris especially
for this match, as France is home to hundreds of thousands of people of
Moroccan origin.
On the side of the Maghreb flags, Loh
al-Mashjaun, who gathered on the Champs-Elysées, with the flags of other
countries from North Africa.
Anti-riot police were also seen in other
European cities, including Brussels, where Moroccan fans celebrated previous
victories by lighting fires and setting off fireworks.
As for the Hague in the Netherlands, the cold
weather and the loss of the fans' celebrations after the match.
Fireworks were lit in the streets of the
Netherlands after the match, but the Dutch-Moroccans told the BBC that they
were trying to preserve peace.
But in the area of the fans at Mohammed V
Stadium in Dar al-Bayda, one of the fans said that the result of the semi-final
was "good", adding "It's football".
"Finally, football smiles for the Arabs"
Farha Aramah in the Arab World, Al-Maghrib
qualified for the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar.Many of the fans who witnessed the match said
that they believe that their team's journey to the World Cup in Qatar was just
the beginning of a promising future for Moroccan football players.
And in the oldest cafe in Al-Baydaza, the fans
became increasingly enamored because their team managed to score a goal against
France.
One of the fans, who was born in France but born
in Maghreb, said that he wants to win the Maghreb because "the time has
come for Africa to win the World Cup".
As witnessed by Moroccan fans, the match was
held in a big tent in the square of the cultural center "Casa Arabi"
in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Traditional Moroccan snacks were distributed
while the fans were cheering for their team.
Anas, a teacher from Madinat al-Rif
al-Maghribiya, who teaches English, and was wearing the shirt of the Moroccan
national team, told BBC: "Though everything, I am proud of our team."
She added, "We have exceeded our
prerogatives of football, we have given us symbolic victories in many ways,
such as the international attention and respect that we have received."
As for Munir, a gas station attendant who hails
from Al-Dar al-Bayda city, he was cheering with a group of his friends
throughout the match. Although he was upset when the second goal was scored in
France, he was still optimistic.
He said about the arrival of the Moroccan team
to the semi-final round, "This happens once in a lifetime. Even our
children will not witness this again. It means everything to us." In the Cricklewood area, north-west London in
the United Kingdom, Al-Maghreba fans cheered and cheered when they heard the
whistle at the end of the game.
The poets of Al-Maghreba are very proud of their
performance. While they were watching the match, they were throwing blankets,
drinking tea, and smoking shisha because of the cold weather.
At Cafe Brigho in another area in London,
Tunisians, Algerians and Egyptians were watching the speech "We are all
one nation".
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