France-Morocco Quarter-Final: Journalists Clash at Press Conference

Tension is not limited to the pitch before France-Morocco. During the press conference organized ahead of the 2026 World Cup quarter-final, an incident erupted in the room between a French journalist and a Moroccan journalist.

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The exchange escalated as Mohamed Ouahbi and Brahim Diaz were answering media questions. The two journalists reportedly confronted each other sharply, to the point of disrupting the press conference proceedings.

"Why are you hitting me?", one of them reportedly said, before tensions rose further. The other journalist reportedly criticized him for shouting and positioning himself in front of the cameras on several occasions.

An already electric climate

The incident reportedly lasted a few minutes before an intervention to restore calm. Nothing indicates that members of the Moroccan squad were involved in this altercation, which concerns only journalists present in the room.

This clash comes in an already charged context. The quarter-final between Morocco and France inevitably rekindles the memory of the 2022 World Cup semi-final, even if both squads officially refuse to make it a rematch.

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On the pitch, Morocco wants to continue its historic run and reach the final four. But even before kick-off, the fixture against the Blues is already raising the pressure around the match.