The star of the Algerian national team, and the player of the English Manchester City team, Riad Mehrez has raised the controversy since yesterday on social media, after a statement considered offensive to the Moroccans. Mehrez spoke through the technology of "Instagram" live broadcasting with a journalist about many matters in football, and the controversial point was when he said that only the Algerians were happy to win the African Cup, and that "maybe some Tunisians are happy, but not the Moroccans", and he pointed out that The Moroccans and a number of Africans were not happy with Algeria's victory, and they did not encourage the Algerian national team.
"When Algeria plays, I personally know that some communities in Paris and its suburbs are not with us ... Do you think that the Moroccans are encouraging us? Maybe the Tunisians are encouraging us, but the Moroccans are not like that, Cameroonians and Senegalese do not encourage us ... but Not because they don't like us, but because we celebrate with great noise and talk a lot when we win. "
The Moroccan media, as well as Moroccan singers, considered that the statement was shocking and provocative of an Algerian player who has Moroccan origins, because his mother was also Moroccan, and pointed out that the Moroccans in most of them encouraged Algeria warmly during the African finals, especially after the end of Morocco's dream in the title, stressing that cafes and halls were Filled with fans encouraging "Greens", they questioned the reason and timing for the controversial statement.