{"id":23842,"date":"2022-12-19T09:28:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-best-moments-of-moroccos-historic-world-cup-campaign"},"modified":"2022-12-19T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:57:22","slug":"the-best-moments-of-moroccos-historic-world-cup-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-best-moments-of-moroccos-historic-world-cup-campaign","title":{"rendered":"The best moments of Morocco\u2019s historic World Cup campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>From players throwing their coach in the air and dancing with their mothers on the pitch, to waving the Palestinian flag as they celebrated historic victories to the deafening noise of the Viking thunderclap, Morocco lit up the football World Cup in Qatar like no other team.<\/p>\n<p>After beating higher-ranked opponents such as Belgium, Spain and Portugal, the Atlas Lions reached the last four of international football\u2019s most significant tournament \u2013 the first African and Arab team to do so. Here, Al Jazeera has gathered some of the most striking moments of Morocco\u2019s fairytale run on and off the pitch.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_1-63a035277e02d.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_1-63a035277e02d.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_1-63a035277e02d-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_1-63a035277e02d-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_1-63a035277e02d-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_2-63a0353f25c1f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_2-63a0353f25c1f.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_2-63a0353f25c1f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_2-63a0353f25c1f-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_2-63a0353f25c1f-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"780\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23840 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_20_4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. From players throwing their coach in the air and dancing with their mothers on the pitch, to waving the Palestinian flag as they celebrated historic victories to the deafening noise of the Viking thunderclap, Morocco lit up the football World Cup in Qatar like no other team. 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