Published Jun 30, 2026, 5:59 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source
Celebrations and bottle-throwing on Dutch streets after dramatic Morocco win
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I n the Netherlands the country’s World Cup last-32 tie against Morocco was always going to be about more than football. When the Atlas Lions dumped Ronald Koeman’s team out of the tournament in a penalty shooutout after an epic contest, joyous 6am celebrations were sparked among the Moroccan community in Amsterdam. In The Hague, on the other hand, the atmosphere turned grim. Approximately 440,000 people of Moroccan descent live in the Netherlands, and approximately 440,000 of them were asked th