World Cup One day after Morocco’s message to the world, with a 1-1 draw against Brazil, the president of the Moroccan Football Federation is already thinking… about the final. Four years after their remarkable performance in Qatar, finishing in an unexpected 4th place by eliminating Portugal and Spain along the way, the Moroccan national team is making headlines again, and the official took the opportunity to throw a little jab at Lamine Yamal. “Now, I hope we meet Spain in the World Cup final to see if Lamine made the right decision,” he said, recalling the Moroccan roots of the young Barcelona star and the Roja. It was public knowledge that Morocco tried to persuade Yamal to play for their national team, but the athlete, born in Spain to a Moroccan father and a Guinean mother, chose to represent the country where he was born. Still, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a player born outside the Maghreb country wearing the jersey, as most Moroccan players were born abroad. In fact, against Brazil, for the first time in World Cup history, a team had 11 players on the field at the same time who were born outside the country they represent.
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