A video clip, spread on social sites, showed the Moroccan monarch in his car, surrounded by a large number of Moroccans carrying flags and chanting, “The Lions of the Atlas… Congratulations to us… Dima Maghreb.”
King Mohammed VI congratulated his country’s players on their victory over Spain in the League of 16 and their qualification to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, in the first Arab achievement of its kind.
And the official Moroccan News Agency reported that the king made a phone call to the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fawzi Lakjaa, and the national team coach, Walid Regragui, in which he expressed his warmest congratulations to the players and the technical and administrative staff who gave their best and marked a wonderful path during this major sports competition. .
The King of Morocco praised the historic performance of the members of the national team, who were at the level of the aspirations and aspirations of the broad Moroccan public, which encourages them in Morocco, Qatar and all over the world.
He called on the players to maintain the same approach in this competition, continue to honor national football and raise the national flag high.
Morocco won (3-1) over Spain on penalty kicks, after the end of the original and extra time without goals.
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