“La Roja ejected, Regragui’s Lions are definite legends,” read the headline in Le Matin, while L’Opinion spoke of a night of “immense joy in the streets of Rabat”, both Morocco-based newspapers perfectly summing up the country’s stunning victory over Spain in the last-16 of the World Cup.
As was the case in the group stages, Morocco’s defensive line held firm on Tuesday and ultimately the fixture against the 2010 world champions at Education City Stadium became an intriguing and enthralling chess match between the head coaches, Luis Enrique and Walid Regragui. The latter ended the day victorious, taking the Atlas Lions to the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time, a feat greeted with emphatically enthusiastic and congratulatory media reaction.
