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The World Cup with Moroccan Eyes

Now that the world cup has ended with France as winner, it’s time to watch how Moroccans reacted to its events from what I’ve seen on the streets and what I heard from people and what was trending on social media. Everything started after the referee whistle at the end of the game of Morocco against Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan declaring that Morocco is one of the 5 nations representing Africa in the World Cup. A draw would have been enough for the Moroccan national team, but they players went to Côte d’Ivoire with one goal in mind: win the game and prove that they deserve their ticket to Russia. Just after the game the streets in all Moroccan cities were filled with people celebration this win by chanting songs. Morocco didn’t sleep that night. Moroccan people waited for this achievement for 20 years since Morocco didn’t put a foot in the World Cup since 1998 in France. It was even more special for me and my generation since I was born in 1999 and never seen such accompl

Greatest comeback ever

If you are a FC Barcelona fan, then you should be proud of being a fan of the greatest team ever. During the last few weeks, lots of people couldn't imaginate that this sinario would happen, especialy after the big lose to PSG in Parc Des Princes 4-0.
The match in Camp nou couldn't start any better with Luis Suarez's goal in an early time, telling Barcelona fans that they are going to make it happen. During the following minutes It was so clear that Barcelona is dominating the game and the players are looking for more goals to get a place in the next round of the competition.
Yet to come in the first half, in the 40th minute the second goal for Barcelona, this time Layvin Kurzawa scored an own goal after a great work from Andrés Iniesta. So the first half finished 2-0 for FCB
As the first one, the second half started with a goal this time for Messi from a penalty in the 50th minute. At this moment every Barca fan felt relaxed with only one more goal to save the game. Within the 62nd minute Edinson Cavani scored a for PSG. With this goal every Barcelona fan's heart stopped for a moment thinking that It was the end, but only the real ones knew that Barcelona who scored the first three goals can score three more.
Time was running pretty fast for FCB players but they couldn't score another goal until the 88th minute when Neymar makes a great free kick right in the back of the net followed by a penalty that makes it 5-1. 
Seeing that the qualification is only one goal away. The 11 players on the field including the goalkeeper headed the the opposite goal to make the miracle. And that is exactly what happend, a 6th goal that leads FC Barcelona to the quarter finals.

Messi celebrating with fans

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