World Cup 2022: Morocco hailed by Shakira, Elon Musk, Jake Paul…
Morocco "capital" of African football ... REUTERS - FABRIZIO BENSCH
Text by: David Kalfa Follow
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From the Colombian singer Shakira to the billionaire of South African origin Elon Musk, passing by the American youtubeur Jake Paul: many personalities have hailed Morocco's qualification for the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, this 10 december.
A great first for an African team.
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“
This Time For Africa.
A tweet from Shakria, the Colombian music superstar.
A reference to the title of his planetary hit
Waka Waka
, the anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
A message addressed to Morocco, the first African team qualified in the semi-finals of a men's World Cup.
This time for Africa!!
👏🇲🇦 #WorldCup
— Shakira (@shakira) December 10, 2022
To (re) read ► World Cup 2022: monumental feat of Morocco which eliminates Portugal and goes to the semis
This December 10, 2022 in Doha, Moroccans wrote the history of the round ball, attracting attention far beyond the framework of sport.
Even Elon Musk, the billionaire of South African origin, split a short greeting on the social network of which he became owner: “
Congratulations Morocco!
He was also imitated by the former co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey: “
Wow Morocco.
»
🇲🇦🇲🇦 Congrats Morocco!!
🇲🇦🇲🇦
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2022
A great user of the networks that have built his reputation, the boxer and youtuber Jake Paul was one of the first to draw: “
Congratulations to Morocco!
Congratulations to Africa!
Wow !
»
“What a success for the African continent and the Muslim world”
The world of football has obviously not been left out, from the Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o to the Ivorian Didier Drogba via Mesut Özil.
The German was by far the most enthusiastic: “
Proud
!
Which team !
What a success for the African continent and the Muslim world
!
It's great to see that such a fairy tale is still possible in modern football - it will give so many people so much power and hope!
»
That's it, they did it!!!! bravo Morocco @FRMFOFFICIEL for this achievement
Long live Africa 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦 @WalidRegraguiof brother am so happy for you ♥️
— Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) December 10, 2022
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