2030 World Cup Final: After racist chants in Spain, Morocco takes media revenge

This is a stinging backlash for the Spanish sports authorities. Recently, the press in the peninsula and the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) took advantage of the incidents at the CAN in Rabat to denounce Morocco’s "weaknesses". The objective was clear: to prove that the Kingdom was unfit to host the 2030 World Cup final.

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The tide turned last Tuesday during the Spain-Egypt match in Cornellà. Racist and Islamophobic chants targeted the Egyptian team, causing an international outcry. This scandal now places Spain in the position of the accused, unable to guarantee a serene climate for a major competition.

The paradox is now total. Spanish media, including El Confidencial, are outraged to see the Moroccan press "taking advantage" of the situation. They denounce a strategy of denigration, forgetting that they were using exactly the same levers to promote Madrid’s candidacy at the expense of Casablanca’s.

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Morocco no longer hides its ambitions for its future 115,000-seat stadium in Benslimane. Now, the Kingdom is the "safest" and "most unifying" option. Faced with a Spain mired in its controversies over discrimination, Morocco is now using its rival’s own weapons to convince FIFA.