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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Morocco World Cup team greeted as heroes at home
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Supporters cheer and light flares as Morocco's national football team arrives to the center of the capital Rabat, on December 20, 2022, after the Qatar 2022 World Cup. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
Tens of thousands of Moroccans throng the capital to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup.
The team and their coach Walid Regragui wave from an open-topped bus as they are driven from the airport and around central Rabat, accompanied by dozens of police cars and motorbikes with flashing lights and wailing sirens.
The crowd cheers and some wave flares as fireworks crackle in the sky over the seaside capital.
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