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Morocco’s Atlas Lions receive hero’s welcome on return home

Fans celebrate with flares as Morocco's national football team players arrive on a bus following the FIFA World Cup in Qatar [Juan Medina/Reuters]

Morocco’s national football team have received a hero’s welcome upon their return home after accomplishing the seemingly impossible feat of finishing fourth at the World Cup in Qatar.

After their plane touched down on Tuesday, the players rode an open-top bus through the major avenues of the capital, Rabat. With flares, chants and flags, thousands of Moroccans turned out to greet the players, who injected new energy into African and Arab football.

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