Moroccan football is evolving at great speed. Fourth in the last World Cup in Qatar, the Moroccans will organize the CAN in 2025, then with Portugal and Spain the 2030 World Cup. Construction of stadiums, restructuring of the team …the Atlas Lions also manage to enlist more dual nationals. For this first gathering of the year 2024, Walid Regragui can count on Brahim Díaz (24 years old), very fit at Real Madrid in recent weeks. In BrandFouzi Lekjaa, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), explains why the Real player chose to represent Morocco in the selection: “it’s not about convincing, it’s about explaining to the players the project that Morocco has for them. And then it’s the person who decides. Our project is very attractive: playing the 2025 African Cup at home; the 2026 World Cup; and the 2030 World Cup, also at home ». He does not understand the criticism in Spain considering this decision as unpatriotic. “How can a boy not be a patriot if he loves Spain, plays in Madrid, lives there…!? The fact is that he also loves Morocco, with his family (his paternal grandmother)”. The president of the FRMF also explained the Lamine Yamal issue.
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“We met his parents [le père est marocain et la mère est équato-guinéenne]. We told him and the family about our plan, but Lamine was already convinced to leave for Spain. And we wish you good luck and good work. Spain and Morocco are 14 kilometers apart and it is normal for this to happen. I respect Lamine’s choice and I respect that of Brahim. (…) Brahim will not be the last player to choose Morocco or vice versa. We are in a world without borders” he warned the Madrid media. Many Spanish and French dual nationals are in the same situation as the young Barça player.
Pub. 03/22/2024 3:15 p.m. Updated 03/22/2024 3:34 p.m.
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