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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Alasdair Howorth

Morocco set for Women’s World Cup debut after meteoric rise

Rosella Ayane, centre, takes on South African players in the 2022 WAFCON final [File: Fadel Senna/AFP]

Imagine being the only person in a stadium unaware that your country just won the biggest game in its history. Now imagine also being the person who scored the goal to win that game.

Rosella Ayane doesn’t have to. When she scored in Morocco’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) semifinal penalty shootout against Nigeria last year, she calmly turned around and began trudging back to the halfway line to rejoin her teammates.

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