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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
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Barcelona Wins Copa Del Rey Against Alaves

At least, the era Luis Enrique will end with a trophy for FC Barcelona. A few days after having given up their Liga title to Real Madrid, the Blaugrana won the King's Cup for the third consecutive year. FC Barcelona won their 29th Cup after their 3-1 victory against Alaves. Lionel Messi was the great architect of Catalan success.
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 Messi scored the first goal (30th), who was involved in Neymar's (45th) goal and a decisive passenger on Paco Alcacer's (45th +3), was too strong for Deportivo Alaves at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid. The modest Basque club had equalized on a splendid free-kick from Frenchman Theo Hernandez (33), but it was not enough to prevent Luis Enrique from completing his three-year term with 9 out of 13 possible trophies. This Cup of the King, the third consecutive for the Barca, will not erase a last very irregular season for the Catalans.
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While his successor should be, according to the press, the coach of Athletic Bilbao Ernesto Valverde, Luis Enrique has rendered service to this last: Valverde leaves Bilbao, 7th of Liga, qualified in Europa League thanks to this success of Barça. Whatever it is, Luis Enrique's successor will have a lot to do. First to equal this harvest of trophies, then to start his mandate in August by two clasicos against Real Madrid of Zinédine Zidane in Supercup of Spain ...
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