How the JDD praises the CAN in Morocco to criticize Maghrebians in France

The publication emphasizes the "respect for the uniform" and authority observed in Morocco with the sole purpose of highlighting, by contrast, the conflictual relationship that part of the French youth maintains with the law enforcement. This valorization of Moroccan civic-mindedness serves as a lever to denounce what the title describes as a systematic rejection of the rules of community life in the French suburbs during match evenings.

The mention of the visit of an FBI delegation to Rabat allows the title to validate a "fluid" and "preventive" Moroccan security model. This recourse to international endorsement aims to discredit the French security arrangements, presented as constrained to manage an "outlet" of social frustrations where Morocco would organize a simple "popular fair".

The chosen editorial angle reduces the celebrations in France to acts of gratuitous degradation and violence, while praising the discipline of the supporters on Moroccan soil. By insisting on details such as the collection of waste at the exit of the stadiums or the conviviality between opponents in the Kingdom, the weekly magazine seeks to isolate the celebration modes of the diaspora, perceived as a proof of civic disaffiliation.

Ultimately, this coverage transforms an international sporting event into a political indictment. The positive portrait of Morocco is not an end in itself, but a tool used to nourish a critical discourse on integration and public order in France, turning the Atlas Lions into an inverted mirror of the French working-class neighborhoods.