How Morocco made its golden generation - with the help of £12m of the king's fortune 🟢 Morocco’s run to the semi-finals of Qatar 2022 has stunned the world, but it has been almost two decades in the making
There is a balneotherapy pool , a physiotherapy cell and a special training area for goalkeepers; there are even private doctors and dentists. It doubles up as a boarding school with 11 classrooms, hosting up to 60 players.
“It hasn’t been a smooth ride, in Afcon being knocked out at the quarter-finals by Egypt, qualifying [for the World Cup] but performances weren’t really great, players [like Hakim Ziyech] pulling out of the national team. But they have come together, it’s galvanised them.” “But the academy has also been dividing opinions, especially among fans of other Moroccan clubs. Some believe the academy’s players are being favoured in youth national teams. But I like to think they happen to have the most talented players.”The long arm of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation stretches far beyond the academy though, and it shows in the make-up of their current 26-man squad, of which 14 players were born overseas.
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