Athletes: The Arab teams must learn from the Moroccan experience, and not only sing about it.. They affirm:

Morocco's achievement broke the psychological barrier of the Arab players... and raised the ceiling of their ambitions

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Athletes, technical analysts and experts said that the historic achievement achieved by the Moroccan national team by reaching the semi-finals in the 2022 World Cup, as the first Arab and African team to achieve this achievement by breaking the psychological barrier of Arab players, and raising the ceiling and level of ambition among Arab and African teams, has become an example that must be followed. Everyone is in seriousness and diligence, whether the UAE national team as well as the Arab teams in general, considering that the Moroccan national team can compete for the title during the upcoming participations, as it was close to reaching the final match and competing for the title, stressing that the application of true external professionalism for players in the major European leagues is The solution and the key to global supremacy, as is the case with the players of the "Atlas Lions", calling on the UAE league players to follow the example of the Moroccan players.

And they added to "Emirates Today": "The Arab teams must learn from the Moroccan experience, but if they continue to sing about this experience without doing anything, they will not progress, just as Morocco gave a model that the Arab player, if he gets a suitable environment that helps his development, He can beat big teams.”

The athletes pointed out the importance of the ambition of the Arab teams that reach the World Cup in the upcoming participations to be competition, not just participation, and for these teams to trust their abilities and capabilities.

The coach of the Olympic team and the former link, Hassan Al-Abdouli, confirmed that the players of the Moroccan national team were prepared for the psychological aspect of the World Cup, since a large number of them play in European leagues, so the psychological barrier for them has disappeared, especially as they deal with the quality of great players such as Messi. Mbappe and others, and interact with them closely without any differences between them, by playing with them in the big European teams, as they are professionals.

Al-Abdouli said: “All this constellation or combination of Moroccan players has lost their psychological barrier, such as Ashraf Hakimi, Hakim Ziyash, Ezzedine Onahi, Youssef Al-Nusairi, goalkeeper Yassin Bono, and others. They gathered in one team, unlike the rest of the other Arab teams. You find one distinguished player playing in Europe. For example, the Egyptian national team player, Mohamed Salah.

Al-Abdouli added, "From my point of view, Walid Rekraki is a smart coach who played with the capabilities he has, and has confidence in his players," noting that the Moroccan national team players, through the results they achieved in the World Cup, left the past of the Arab player in the tournament behind their backs, and their ambition became great, considering Morocco has a beautiful playing system.

Al-Abdouli considered that "if the Arab teams continue to praise the experience of Morocco, and are proud of its achievement without doing anything, they will not progress, so the Arab teams must learn from the Moroccan experience," considering that "Morocco gave a model that the Arab player if he gets a suitable environment." Helps in self-development, it does not lack anything ».

Al-Abdouli stressed that "what Morocco has achieved must give the Arab teams, according to a strategic plan, an incentive to reach the furthest point in the World Cup and compete, and not just reach the World Cup and come out with a lackluster level."

And on how to build a strong Emirati team by benefiting from the Moroccan experience, Al Abdouli stressed that “the Emirati player must set a model for him from Moroccan players, and not a model from citizen players of a lower level than him.” ».

For his part, the former head of the Players’ Status and Transfers Committee in the Football Association, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, said, “The achievement of the Moroccan national team has already broken the fear and psychological barrier of Arab players, and has proven that there is nothing impossible in football and raised the ceiling of the aspirations of Arab and African teams to have A strong presence in the future, during its next participation in the World Cup, "noting that" in the past, the European and South American international teams did not take into account the Arab and African teams a great deal, but the picture has changed now, and it is now placing great value on it after the great surprise that the team achieved. The Moroccan, who could have gone further than the semi-final round, and reached the final match, but in my estimation he was eliminated from the competition (by an active action), after he gave an honorable performance, and his players showed a high fighting spirit.

He added, “By reaching the semi-finals in the World Cup, the Moroccan national team broke the rule that the highest ambition of the Arab and African teams is to reach the round of 16, and the path ahead of them has become clear, but it requires Arab players to show a spirit of ambition, diligence, persistence and strength of determination.

In turn, the former goalkeeper of the UAE national team, Abdul Qadir Hassan, confirmed that the Moroccan achievement in the World Cup has become a role model, and gave motivation to all teams in the world, not just the Arab ones, that they have the ability and capabilities to reach the next World Cup tournaments. To the Moroccan national team, he said, "The professionalism of the players in major leagues, as is the case with Moroccan players who are in major European leagues, represents the key to excellence and reaching the world," stressing that "the technical differences between the international teams have shrunk, and the lesson learned from the Moroccan achievement is that Any national team or team must believe in its potential and give everything it has.

Abdelkader Hassan believed that the Moroccan national team could compete for the title during the upcoming World Cup tournaments, after participating in the current edition gave it great confidence, stressing that Morocco was worthy of reaching the final match in the World Cup in Qatar.

Abdul Qadir Hassan pointed out that professionalism opened the doors for a convergence of levels between all teams, even Latin America, noting that most of the players in European leagues are from Africa and the Maghreb.

And when asked whether the experience of Morocco would motivate the Arab teams that will participate in the upcoming World Cup tournaments for the sake of competition, and not just for the sake of participating, Abdelkader Hassan said: “This matter depends on the teams themselves to have ambition, and to follow the example of Morocco’s experience in reaching Farthest in the World Cup.

He added, "The countries that participated in the World Cup have real foreign professionalism in Europe, and in the major leagues, even Saudi Arabia had a kind of professionalism, and even the American players, about 90% of their teams are professional players in Europe in the major leagues, and at the level of Morocco, only three of them His players play in the local league.

As for the former national team player, Hussein Ghuloom, he said that what the Moroccan team achieved raised the ceiling of ambition high for all Arab and African teams, considering that despite the increase in the number of Asian seats to eight as of the next edition of the 2026 World Cup, the team’s chances will be difficult if it is not He is preparing for the qualifiers from now on, because the competition between him and other Asian teams will be strong, calling on the local players to benefit from the experience of their brothers in the Moroccan national team who have shown the seriousness, ambition and fighting spirit of the players to reach their desired goal, which is to go far in the World Cup, and they had what they wanted and it was. They could qualify for the final match, had it not been for some mistakes, and they were subjected to arbitral injustice by not awarding a correct penalty kick.

Hussein Ghuloom considered that the psychological factor is an important matter for any football player, and that he played a major role in what the Moroccan national team achieved, making the players give their best on the field, and now they can compete for the title in the next World Cup.

And whether the Moroccan player's experience of seriousness and diligence has become a role model for the Emirati and Arab player in general, Ghuloom stressed that "the Moroccan achievement has raised the ceiling of ambition in the Arab and African world," stressing that "if the team wants to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, it must prepare The same from now,” considering that “there are no talents in Emirati football, just as the large number of foreign players in the UAE league deprived national players of the opportunity to play with their clubs.”

Morocco is the first Arab and African team to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup. 

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