Opinion
Just days before Morocco’s World Cup 2026 clash with France, many media outlets focused on one of the tournament’s biggest talking points: French-born midfielder Ayoub Bouaddi’s decision to turn down France and represent Morocco, the country of his family’s roots, instead. Whenever Morocco takes the field, there is always one statistic that is almost always brought up by every commentator. Nineteen of the squad’s 26 players were born outside Morocco, meaning roughly 73 percent of the team comes from…
