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F OR most Moroccans, the World Cup only starts when their national launch of the World Cup and they have to be congratulated for the success of
team plays its first match. Forget about the grand opening ceremony, the the organization of the tournament, which has only just begun. This said, for
first match between Qatar and Ecuador, or Senegal’s fine performance our fellow citizens, it is only when the national team plays its first match that
against the Dutch team despite the defeat, or the heroic victory of the Saudis the competition really starts.
against the Argentines, and the solid performance of the Tunisians against the Views also diverge between pure football fans and people who politicize foot-
Danes... All this is just a simple appetizer before the main course (first match ball. People belonging to the first category talk about tactics, coaching, placed
of the Atlas Lions) is served. attack or even defensive block, while people belonging to the second category
The World Cup is a universal and pluralistic event, but also one during which rather prefer to rant against FIFA, and wonder how a country without a foot-
nationalist feelings and feelings of belonging are heightened. Afterwards, ball tracking record may host the World Cup, as if the United States, Russia,
everyone analyzes this event according to their prism and sees it in their own or South Korea had stars on their shirts. But the reading grids and biases
way. When one’s country does not make it through the qualifiers, one tends to cannot excuse everything, especially when the correspondent of a French TV
take refuge behind some conspiracy theories or blames the change of genera- channel finds that there are... too many mosques in Qatar. The World Cup
tion in the national team or the bad choices made by the coach, but this week catalyzes all passions to the point of bordering on stupidity. As the saying
people were amazed by the opening ceremony offered by the Qataris at the goes: “it takes all types to make the world go round”... a World Cup too. o