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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Jubilant Morocco Welcomes Home History-Making World Cup Team

Supporters cheer as Morocco's national football team arrives to the center of the capital Rabat, on December 20, 2022, after the Qatar 2022 World Cup. (AFP)

Tens of thousands of jubilant Moroccans welcomed their national football team home Tuesday after the players exceeded the North African nation's wildest expectations and finished fourth at the World Cup in Qatar. 

Fans packed squares and lined up along avenues and streets in and around Rabat, lighting flares, waving flags, dancing to the beat of drums and cheering as an open-top bus carrying the suit and tie-clad players rolled into the capital with a heavy police escort. 

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