King Mohammed VI, wearing the red jersey with the green star and the national flag, was seen aboard a white sedan circulating in the middle of the crowd in Rabat, shortly following Morocco’s victory once morest Spain.
Everyone is celebrating in the streets of Morocco this Tuesday. After the qualification of the Atlas Lions in the quarter-finals of the Football World Cup, a historic achievement, thousands of people celebrated the victory once morest Spain. Including the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, according to images reported by Al Jazeera journalist Nacir Abdessamad and the moroccan daily The morning.
The sovereign can be seen in the front of a car, waving to the crowd or waving a small flag of Morocco. All supervised by several security guards.
“Historic performance”
Mohammed VI also congratulated the players for their “historic performance”, reports the daily. He spoke by telephone with the president of Morocco’s football federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, and the coach of the national team, Walid Regragui.
Across the country, Moroccans exploded with joy. And for good reason: their national selection is the last African or Arab selection still in the running in Qatar.
For millions of people, it is a dream come true following so many years of waiting and frustration. The Atlas Lions have never gone so far in the world tournament. Before 2022, their best result in football’s premier competition was in 1986, when they reached the round of 16.
If they win once morest Portugal on Sunday, Morocco would become the first African team in history to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup. In 2010, Ghana failed in the quarterfinals once morest Uruguay.
