Moroccan enthusiasts clashed with police in Brussels after Walid Regragui’s facet crashed out of the FIFA World Cup following a 0-2 defeat in opposition to France withinside the semi-very last on Wednesday.
Around one hundred enthusiasts, who have been wrapped in Moroccan flags, threw fireworks and different items at police wearing rebellion equipment close to Brussels South station. Fans set alight rubbish baggage and cardboard packing containers and police spoke back with water cannon and tear gas.
Police detained numerous enthusiasts and stated that the clashes have been short and brought about no severe damage, Reuters reported.
France have become the primary crew to hurricane into 2d successive World Cup very last considering Brazil in 2002. Theo Hernandez gave Les Bleus an early lead withinside the 5th minute, with a close-variety end after joint top-scorer of the match Kylian Mbappe’s attempt changed into blocked.
France may want to have doubled the lead however neglected it as Jawad El Yamiq struck the post. Eventually, Didier Deschamps’ crew placed Morocco to sleep as Randal Kolo Muani scored his first global aim withinside the 79th minute to ship Les Bleus into the very last, in which France will play Argentina on December 18.
After the match, Morocco educate Regragui stated that his facet gave its satisfactory and the semi-very last defeat cannnot eliminate its heroics in the course of the 2022 marketing campaign in Qatar.
“The maximum vital issue is to have proven an amazing face, to have proven that soccer in Morocco exists and that we’ve got terrific supporters. We gave it our satisfactory. … [The loss] does not eliminate the entirety we gave before,” Regragui stated.