Disappointment at result fails to dampen pride of Dublin’s Moroccan community at team’s giant killing achievements
At the front of the room, the life seemed to fall away from the beating drums and the chants of Ole, Ole, Ole as France progressed to the final.
“When we came out to play football we lost,” reflected Moha Aamrane from Agadir. He stood glued to the screen with his wife Ann and their baby daughter Sara peering up from her buggy oblivious to the unfolding history. “It’s a lot. We never dreamed that we would be in this position,” he says. “We are still proud of our team. This is football; there is win and lose.”
“Oh my god, they bring everyone together, they make us believe. We were in a dream,” he said. “They put us in one room.”
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