It is undeniable that the next semi-final between Morocco and France will definitely become the most "black and white" game in this World Cup. This game is not only about competition, but also about the changes in the world's politics, economy, culture and military.

It is undeniable that the next semi-finals of Morocco against France will definitely become the most "black and white" game in this World Cup. This game is not only about competition, but also about the changes in the world's politics, economy, culture and military. In a sense, this was also the colony of that year, declaring war on the former suzerain state.

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A long time ago, I was always fascinated by a name far away. Not only does it read poetic, it is like a rose slowly blooming in a syllable, but it also has a rose-like story in itself.

In 1942, director Michael Curtiz from Hollywood, USA pointed the camera at it. In this story about the World War II period, a cynical local bar owner Rick meets two uninvited guests - Victor, the leader of the Czech anti-Nazi organization, and his wife Ilsa - whose purpose is to get a pass to the United States in Rick. Soon, Rick discovered that this wife was his lover who had been separated from him. His deep affection for Ilsa ultimately made him choose to sacrifice his happiness to fulfill his lover. It was at the airport of this city that Rick shot and killed the German major who stopped Victor and Ilsa from leaving, and then watched her favorite woman run towards freedom... The name of the film

is " Casablanca ". The heroine is also the charming Ingrid Bergman . She has a pair of charming eyes, and even black and white movies cannot cover up the unique brilliance. She came slowly, just like the line in the movie, "There are so many towns in the world, and there are so many taverns in towns, but she walked into mine."

The place she came to is the city west of Morocco . If Rabat is the capital of Morocco, then Casablanca is its economic capital and its largest city, equivalent to Shanghai's status in China.

Vol.1

Many people often can’t tell the difference between Morocco and Monaco .

Monaco has an international film festival, and the more famous one is the Princess of Monaco. Some people will miss the title and write it as the Princess of Morocco. In fact, Monaco belongs to Europe today, bordering the south of the Mediterranean and surrounded by France on three sides. You say it belongs to France, but in a sense it has become, because 90% of its territory was occupied by France, and there are only 2.08 square kilometers of territory left. There are still 0.5 square kilometers of land built by land reclamation. In addition, in order not to be completely destroyed by France, in 1918, Monaco also signed a treaty with France, which stipulated that France provides limited protection in Monaco.

Fortunately, the development of the times has prevented this small country from being annexed in the end, and even became the highest proportion of millionaires and billionaires in the world. Morocco is different, it is still a developing country with a middle-income economy based on the tertiary industry economy. The two are divided into worlds different by the Mediterranean.

, however, compared with Monaco, which is hidden on the northern coast of the Mediterranean, Morocco has a relatively better geographical location. It is located at the northwest end of the African continent, like a child leaning against the entire African continent, with his belly facing the Atlantic Ocean and his forehead facing the Mediterranean estuary - Strait of Gibraltar . It can be said that it guards the throat of the Mediterranean entering and leaving the Atlantic Ocean. And the other side of the strait is Spain, the French neighbor. This also made Spain its largest trading partner and major aid country in the future, but because of countless territorial disputes, the relationship between the two is not as good as that of it and France. Similarly, France is also its second largest trading country, the largest investor and largest creditor.

is also because of its good geographical location. During World War II, many Europeans fled their country to the American continent to avoid the Nazi iron hooves, and regarded Morocco as an important transit station. Located south of the capital Rabat, Casablanca, which is also on Morocco's belly rushing towards the Atlantic Ocean, is the most important stronghold.

is also the closest place to Europe, which was originally ruled by the Kingdom of Mauritania, and was inevitably annexed by the Roman Empire . Later, as the Vandals crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to conquer North Africa, some parts of Morocco were also occupied.

, but the deepest influence of Morocco was that the Arabs Arabs entered here in the 7th century AD and established the predecessor of the first Arab kingdom, Casablanca, in the 8th century, which was called Dalbeda . In Arabic , it means "white architecture".

After the world's geographical discovery, Morocco was targeted by Portugal and Spain one after another. After the arrival of the Spanish colonists, while they obtained trade privileges with Dalbeda, they were also amazed at the many white buildings here, so they changed Dalbeda's name to Casablaca. In fact, in Spanish , Casablaca also means white architecture. Colonial development of

has enabled Casablanca to develop into a maritime trade center and is known as the "Atlantic Bride". In 1907, Casablanca was occupied by French colonists, and the French carried out good infrastructure construction here. In a sense, France was also the suzerain of Morocco.

Until 1932, the Kingdom of Morocco was independent.

is constantly coveted by outsiders. Today, Morocco is basically the world of white people. Of the approximately 36.24 million people, 75% are Arabs and 20% are Berbers . Although we have no conclusion on the origins of the Berbers. But it is generally believed that one of the Berber ancestors came from Europe and the other one came from Sahara .

But making Morocco an alternative in Africa is also the existence of the "top of North Africa" ​​ Atlas Mountains - this mountain range located in northwest Africa and a total length of 2,400 kilometers starts from the southwest of Morocco and northeast across the three countries of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (and including the Gibraltar Peninsula), separateing the southwest coast of the Mediterranean from the Sahara Desert . This also means that the hot deserts have not had much impact on Morocco, so the living environment in Morocco is much better than other North African countries.

It is hard for you to imagine that Morocco also has the beauty of "North African Garden". The climate here is pleasant all year round, with lush flowers and trees, and picturesque scenery. It is known as "cool land under the scorching sun".

also makes Morocco a dazzling "white" in Africa. Although this whiteness is still somewhat different from the white people in Europe, it is still quite white. So, you will see that in this World Cup, Moroccan whites who scored into the semi-finals - in addition to their local whites, there are 16 people born outside the country, including Netherlands , France, Belgium , Spain, Italy, and even Canada in North America. This also made the main body of the Moroccan team a "Moroccan seed" that flowed back to Europe and the United States and grew in Europe and the United States, so it is natural to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. Similar to it, there is Tunisia, which is also on the Mediterranean coast. Compared with pure black faces such as Raphael Leon in the opponent Portugal team, you will find that the world seems to have become different from cognition.

However, compared to the French team, Portugal is still a big deal.

Vol.2

Over the years, Gaul rooster seems to have become Gaul rooster.

Among the 23 people who initially registered for this World Cup, as many as 17 black and black mixed-race representatives, setting a new high, including the famous star Mbappe , who is a descendant of Cameroon . In the team that won the World Cup in 1998, there were also many players with Armenian , Ghana, Senegal and Guadeloupe . Even Zidane, who is loved by thousands of people, has both parents, Algerian . His father chose to immigrate to France for a livelihood and became a warehouse manager. Like Morocco, France has also been the suzerain of Algeria.

is the process of constantly being "blacked" that makes the literary and artistic young women around me who yearn for left bank , like Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Jean Renault , all began to fall in love with others, and like Italy where handsome men gather.

Of course, this process of blackening also hides the rise and fall of France over the years.

As the overlord of the European continent back then, France, which had a tough role like Napoleon , has also traveled all over the world with its colonial footprints. Although they did not become the "Empire of the Sun" like English , they must be very attentive to their own door, that is, the African continent across the Mediterranean, and the influence is the greatest.

In addition to Algeria and Morocco, including Tunisia, Mali , Chad , Niger , Senegal, Cameroon, Congo (Brazil), Benin , Central African , Djibouti , Madagascar , Gabon , Mauritania , Mauritania , Madagascar , Gabon , Mauritania , Burkina Faso , Reunion Island and other African territories were all occupied by France. Even if some of these countries are independent or separated from French rule, the French still enjoy a lot of rights and interests - the reason why France was beaten by Prussia in the French-Prussian War and occupied by Germany in World War II was still able to rise again, and even continue to compete for Europe and become a veteran power in Europe. The colonies are also constantly transfusions, allowing them to have resources while also having population advantages. Now, this blood has been transfusion into the football field. In a sense, this blackening is a symbol of French power.

But you have to say the right and wrong. This also reflects France's helplessness to some extent.

After entering the 19th century, it was because of the long-term consumption of war and the trouble of low fertility (there is a saying that the main reason for this was the obvious economic inequality in the society of the Third Republic of France and political equality compared with the previous generations. Political equality made the concept of family and fertility less important, while also allowing women to control their own fertility power), which put France into a bottleneck of population growth. By the time of to , Germany's population had reached nearly 66 million, while France had only 39 million.

This is also why we talk about the industrial revolution today, and generally talk about the UK, or Germany, rather than France, because the sluggish fertility rate is difficult to support the development of French industry. Therefore, the French had to solve their population problems through immigration.

After experiencing the first wave of immigration mainly Belgians and the second wave of immigration mainly Italians, France, which was bombarded with artillery fire during World War II, could only open its arms to its original Asian-African colony when it restarted again.

As we all know, compared to white people, black people have a strong desire for reproduction. This also allowed the French black immigrants to be born more and more in the space that should have been occupied by white people. By 2018, the sample survey data showed that the French black population was about 8.5 million, accounting for 15% of the total population.

There is also a saying that France has been praised here, where this place where countless thinkers, including Montesquieu , Rousseau , and wrote freedom, equality and fraternity into the charter, has an extremely correct view of racial concepts. French law stipulates that citizens' race cannot be marked when stating the population; in order to avoid the suspicion of racial discrimination, black women in France can still receive childbearing welfare policies... To this day, the arrogant French no longer dares to publicly claim that they are "descendants of the Gauls". A female parliamentarian was immediately dismissed after saying "France is a white country." On the contrary, some black people threatened to let whites get out of Paris because in their opinion, "the fact is that Africa feeds France."

This makes people laugh and sigh that this is the "blessing" that the French have received for their colonization. This also led to the fact that in the World Cup after 1998, more and more black players defended the "dignity" of French football .

This also made the next semi-finals between France and Morocco the most "black and white" game in this World Cup. This game is not only about competition, but also about the changes in the world's politics, economy, culture and military.

Vol.3

Facing Morocco, a former colonial country and today Mbappe, who have turned into the French master, will definitely choose to fight hard and swear their loyalty as French players and even French people.

In fact, due to years of integration, these black people have no different skin than France, except for their poor French skin, and even have a sense of identity and belonging to France from the bottom of their hearts. For example, on the battlefield of World War II, when France surrendered, the French overseas, especially the black legion, were still charging, from Cassino to Normandy, and then to Paris; then, from yesterday's battlefield, charging to today's stadium.

corresponds to the Moroccans are not to be outdone. Defeating France is not only a leap to prove its competitive skills, but also a letter of fame for each of them, but also a declaration of war on the former sect leader as a colony. Although France is a Morocco investor and trading partner, Africa, which has been plundered by colonists such as France, is working hard to get rid of the humiliation brought by the experience of that year with more victory.

In the article "France vs Morocco: This fateful showdown reveals the truth outside the court" recently published by " Xinmin Evening News ", it said, "As the "single seedling" of the Arab world and Africa, the Moroccan team defeated European teams one after another and was about to challenge the former suzerain country France. Its significance has long exceeded the green field. Especially in the context of France's increasingly declining regional influence, this victory has even more inspired the people of former colonial countries."

It also mentioned that just at the beginning of the Qatar World Cup, the 18th Summit of the Organization of French Countries was held in Tunisia, North African country. "Although Morocco attended the meeting, the Moroccan government decided to increase the number of English teachers this summer and stipulated that natural science classes in primary and secondary schools will be taught in English, and there will also be English proficiency requirements for university graduates. These signs have made France very worried. Parisian political elites generally believe that this is another sign of France's traditional 'backyard' trying to break away from France's sphere of influence."

can be foreseen that no matter what the results of the game in a few days, "the Arab audience in the stadium will definitely create a tsunami-like home advantage for the Moroccan team."

However, in my opinion, no matter who wins and who loses, they tell Chinese football a truth. Just as China strives to reach a more friendly and cooperative relationship with the world, the world of football can only be open. Inviting in or going out will make the entire ecosystem more fluid and exciting.

Note

Wang Qianma "The Boy of Chatong City" written by himself was launched by Northwestern University Press , and was published in August 2022.

"City War: China's Regional Ups and downs under the Trio of the World" written by Wang Qianma himself will be published by China Publishing Group Modern Publishing House, January 2023.

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