The World Cup often is much more than sport — it touches politics, identity and culture.
Morocco's historic run to the semifinals, and Achraf Hakimi's winning Panenka penalty against Spain — the country of his birth — is a potent example of that.
Fourteen of the 26-man squad in Qatar were born overseas ranging from countries in Spain, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. But the decision to play for someone's country of origin, or the one you now call home is fraught.