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The Moroccan community in Egypt found the African Nations Cup a great opportunity to express their feelings of belonging to the motherland. The Kingdom is participating in the continental championship, which encouraged Moroccans in Egypt to attend the matches to bring their team closer to those who came from Morocco to encourage their team.
According to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, the Moroccan embassy in Cairo announced the emergency in order to help the Moroccan masses and assigned its various employees to overcome all the difficulties and obstacles facing the Moroccans who have come to Cairo, waiting to be joined by other payments from different European countries, Are keen to support the "Atlas Lions" strongly.
Moroccan newspaper Al-Mustakhab reported that the Moroccan fans continued to flock to the Egyptian capital of Cairo to support their team in the 32nd edition of the African Nations Cup.
The newspaper said that there are aircraft from Morocco and from outside, landed at Cairo International Airport all these days, and the Moroccan public eagerly waiting for the date of the first game of Herve Rennard, in a wonderful atmosphere.
According to a report by the Moroccan Embassy in Cairo, the number of Moroccans who declared themselves as residents of the Egyptian Diyar in 2011 was 4,468 Moroccans. The report also noted that most Moroccans in Egypt live in the Egyptian capital Cairo and the remaining Moroccans are distributed to cities and villages The report also notes that few of these figures are involved in the private sector, in particular, as well as in positions in international and regional organizations.
The Moroccan football team will play their match against South Africa (3 points) on Monday in the third round of Group D matches in the first round of the 2019 African Cup of Nations held in Egypt.
Morocco lead the group with six points from two consecutive victories, but may find themselves third in the group behind the teams of Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa if the resort to draw the order of the teams in this group.
Gamal Salami, the manager of the Moroccan national team, said that the participation of the Lions in the finals of the African Nations in Egypt will be strong, given the presence of a coach has a great experience at the level of the continental competition.
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The fans in the match between Morocco and Ivory Coast at the Peace Stadium in Cairo
Al-Salami said in a statement to Morocco's Al-Mustakhab newspaper: "The participation of the Moroccan team will be strong, given that he has been working for almost three and a half years with the coach and we have a coach who has experience in the African Cup. And the current group has 18 players who worked together under the leadership of the coach and the same team throughout this period, which resulted in a great harmony between them, and this group participated in the finals of the Nations of Africa Gabon 2017, and the finals of the World Cup Russia 2018, A great experience, the finals of Africa 2019 doubt Favorable opportunity to achieve a good path. "
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The fans in the match between Morocco and Ivory Coast at the Peace Stadium in Cairo
"First of all, Moroccan officials as well as the fans put great hopes on the group to reach at least the golden box, which is an achievement in itself, and in case of arrival," Salami said. "It will be a historic achievement, in the course of Moroccan football and the national team. Of course, the team is looking for the final."
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