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Morocco
The Atlas Lions already rewrote the script. Now they want the trophy.
FIFA #48MAR
How they play
Absorb, break, punish.
World ranking
#8
Confederation
CAF · Africa
How they play
Absorb, break, punish.
Signature moment
Spain. Penalty shootout. Qatar 2022. Morocco's goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saved three — THREE — penalties, and the way he was casually moving along his goal line before each kick looked less like sport and more like psychological warfare. When the final kick went wide and the Moroccan players collapsed onto the pitch while an entire stadium of diaspora fans lost their minds in the stands, it became one of those moments that transcends the sport. A nation of 37 million people, and every single one of them seemed to be watching.
The ones to watch
- Yassine BounouGKThe goalkeeper who turned penalty shootouts into a personal highlight reel, becoming a villain in the best possible way.
- Achraf HakimiRBRaised between Madrid and Casablanca, he's the kind of full-back who makes you forget there's a defensive job description.
- Romain SaïssCBThe captain who played a knockout-stage match on a damaged hamstring and didn't tell anyone until after — that's the whole Morocco story in one guy.
- Sofyan AmrabatMFThe human wrecking ball in midfield who somehow went viral at a World Cup playing a position most people can't name.
- Hakim ZiyechMFThe technically gifted creator with a left foot that feels slightly unfair, who chose Morocco over the Netherlands and never looked back.
One email the morning of their opener. Nothing else.
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