More than 10,000 Moroccan Fans will Support Atlas Lions in Russia

Over 10,000 Moroccans fans will travel to Russia to support the Atlas Lions in their World Cup games.

Head of the Moroccan government Saad Eddine El Othmani said on his facebook account that 8500 will travel from Morocco while 3000 members of the Moroccan diaspora will join them in support of the national squad.

El Othmani was on a stop in Russia on his way back to Morocco from a trip in South Korea.

Morocco was pitched in a difficult Group B with the last two European champions Spain and Portugal in addition to Iran.

Morocco made its way through the qualifications for the World Cup without conceding a single goal. The return of the Atlas Lions to the World stages comes after twenty years of absence following a heartbreaking elimination from the group stage at France’98.

Morocco’s team has built its game on solid defense and hard work. The experience of Karim El Ahmadi, M’barek Boussoufa and Juventus’s Mehdi Benatia fits well with the intelligence of Hakim Ziyech and the strength of Nordin Amrabat.

Morocco will play Iran on June 15. On the same day, Spain, which eliminated Portugal in the last 16 on the way to winning its first World Cup in 2010, will open against the European champions in Sochi.