In the country, this day is Throne Day and a national celebration. In Nice, the Moroccan fans were in huge numbers and they won cleanly 3-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals and even finish first, which was something to celebrate.
When Argentina faced Ukraine in another suspenseful group match before the final (Argentina won 2-0), Hakimi and his teammates left no room for calculation and the first half was He scored three goals in a row and quickly tied the score.
Richardson, home scorer
The Paris star, who had faced three Iraqi players in the box, crossed for Antibes native Amir Richardson to head home (19′).
Two more short shots followed, from tournament top scorer Soufiane Rahimi (27 feet) and Betis-Sevilla prodigy Ez Abde (36 feet) (The second was a brilliant strike into the top corner), thoroughly demolishing an overwhelmed Iraqi team, the Moroccan public rolled out images of Ole from Atlas Lions every half hour. Apart from a few attacks after Ben Seghir came on, the second quarter was more chaotic for the more managerial Moroccans, with coach Tarik Sektioui seizing his chances. Turn things around and look to win in Friday’s quarterfinals (3pm) against the United States.
The match is played in front of over 20,000 spectators in a warm, fiery but joyous and good-natured atmosphere, and despite the hot weather encouraging large numbers of supporters to remain in the shade of the corridors, this Morocco-Iraq will remain the highlight of the game One of the highlights of your Nice Olympic adventure.
This does not appear to be the excesses feared by the authorities, especially given the massive purchase of thousands of tickets in recent days and the incidents that took place during the Moroccans’ first two games at Saint-Etienne, which forced the prefect Hugues Moutouh modified the safety system upwards.
Luckily, nothing happened to ruin the party, either on or off the field.
