It's cold on the Champs-Élysées.
Christmas decorations glow in the dark.
It's 5:45 p.m., not a flag or a fan in sight.
The match between Morocco and Canada has just ended.
But fifteen minutes later, the red and green wave submerges the avenue.
Yes, Morocco has just qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup.
A first since 1986.
“God, Country, King.
The Moroccan fans surge by the dozens, then by the hundreds, and take up the national motto in chorus.
“It's a source of great pride,” Inès tells us.
“We are very, very happy, even moved, because we did not expect that.
Let it continue!
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"It's historic": the jubilation of Moroccan fans
The party continues.
Near a metro entrance, in the smell of burning and the cacophony of horns, Mamoun ignites: “This is the greatest moment in the history of Moroccan football!
Morocco has just achieved the feat of taking first place in its group, ahead of Belgium and Croatia.
No overflow to report
Enough to justify all manifestations of joy, even the most extreme.
We climb the lampposts, smoke or flag in hand.
Fireworks are launched at both ends of the Champs-Élysées.
All this in an atmosphere that never overflows.
The long double line of police trucks, which stretched from the Arc de Triomphe to rue Quentin-Bauchart, will not have been necessary.
So much the better.
It is now hot on the Champs-Élysées.
The songs continue, we launch clappings.
Mohamed, he tempers: “It's not over.
We want to go as far as possible.
" Without having the results of the evening matches, many dreamed of facing Germany because they "are too bad", slice Mamoun and to play a revenge of 1986
(the Mannschaft were eliminated a few hours later despite a victory against Costa Rica)
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In the round of 16, Morocco will face Spain on Tuesday, December 6 at 4 p.m.
And after ?
“France in the final?
It would make a nice mix.
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