Barcelona, L’Hospitalet from Llobregat o Mataró There are some Catalan cities where euphoria broke out with the World Cup feat of Morocco in the World Cup in Qatar. For the first time, the Moroccan men’s team reached the semifinals of the world Cupthus achieving the fourth and best historical position in a World Cup.
Eight months later, the Moroccan women’s team has also made history in a World Cup. The players he directs Reynald Peters they reached the round of 16 of the World Cup for the first time, eliminating neither more nor less than the German team. This Tuesday they were eliminated at the hands of France (4-0).
Faced with the madness unleashed in the streets that the men’s team led by Hoalid Regragui, it was time for the women’s team. For this reason we return to Popular restaurant in the neighborhood of La Florida, in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. There were 75 attendees who gathered in this bar to support and cheer on Morocco in the match against Spain in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar.
However, in the Morocco-France match of the round of 16 of the women’s World Cup, the bar had its blinds down. Not a single Moroccan flag, not a single shout, not a single bar in the neighborhood televised the game. The streets of the area of La Florida and Torrassa showed the atmosphere of any Tuesday in August at noon.
In fact, there are those who were not even aware that the Moroccan women’s team was playing in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand: “The truth is that here women’s football is followed very little, I don’t know anyone who see it. What’s more, I didn’t even know that Morocco is playing in the World Cup“, he assures Mohameda 23-year-old young man of Moroccan origin born in Florida.
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The loneliness of Moroccan women’s football in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat contrasts with the uncontrollable euphoria that the second most populous city in Catalonia experienced with the men’s game. According to the data of the IdescatL’Hospitalet de Llobregat is the city in the Barcelona metropolitan area with the highest percentage of foreign population. The Moroccan nationality is the majority of the foreign population in the city, with a total of 6,223 inhabitants in the municipality. In addition, District IV, which integrates the neighborhoods of Florida and Les Planes, is the one with the highest percentage of foreign population, with 35.84%.
Even so, Mohamed also wanted to highlight the fact that this match is being played on August 8: “It is also true that we are in the middle of August and that a large part of the Moroccan community tries to return to Morocco in the summer to see family, friends…“.
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However, one day before the match we also asked about the match to the Association of friends of the Moroccan people ITRAN, an NGO that fights for the emancipation of women through schooling and the defense of human rights. From the association they assured that they would not do anything special for this historic day: “Currently, we are focused on the immigration plan and there are also many people who are on vacation, so we will not do anything special for the game.”
Morocco was defeated 4-0 by France in the round of 16 of the World Cup. Despite this, the contrast of the massive support of the men’s team and the solitude of the women’s team means that Morocco has ended its feat with a defeat on and also off the pitch.
2023-08-08 16:07:42
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