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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jan Willem Spaans in Amsterdam

Celebrations and bottle-throwing on Dutch streets after dramatic Morocco win

Moroccan fans celebrate in The Hague after the team’s World Cup victory against the Netherlands
Moroccan fans celebrate in The Hague after the team’s World Cup victory against the Netherlands. Photograph: John van der Tol/EPA

In the Netherlands the country’s World Cup last-32 tie against Morocco was always going to be about more than football. When the Atlas Lions dumped Ronald Koeman’s team out of the tournament in a penalty shootout after an epic contest, joyous 6am celebrations were sparked among the Moroccan community in Amsterdam. In The Hague, on the other hand, the atmosphere turned grim.

Approximately 440,000 people of Moroccan descent live in the Netherlands, and approximately 440,000 of them were asked the same question before this game: “So who will you support, then?”

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