Atlas Lionesses' Feat, outcome of Long-Term Investment under Royal Leadership (Washington Post)

08 August 2023 Printable Version

Washington - The qualification of the Atlas Lionesses for the last 16 of the World Cup, taking place in Australia and New Zealand, is the outcome of a long-term investment undertaken by Morocco under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, writes the U.S daily The Washington Post.

"It’s the product of decades of investment in coaching, facilities and recruiting" by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, under the impetus of His Majesty the King, underlines the paper in an article by Graham Cornwell, who evokes the social and cultural impact of this unprecedented achievement in the Arab World.

The Daily stresses that, like the men's team at the last World Cup in Qatar, the Atlas Lionesses have already left their mark in the football event, as the first Arab nation to make it to the second round.

Thanks to their feat, Ghizlane Chebbak's teammates are becoming famous in Morocco and elsewhere, says the author of the article.

The Moroccan team will face France on Tuesday in Adelaide for a place in the quarter-finals.

The Washington Post also focuses on the performance of the AS FAR women's team that brilliantly won the recent edition of the CAF Champions League against Mamelodi Sundowns (4-0). Other Moroccan clubs are now trying to emulate AS FAR’s success and its policy of investing in the development of young talents, according to the newspaper.