Elephant News Special Commentator Qian Liang
On December 10, Moroccan player Benon celebrated his victory after the game Picture source: Xinhua News Agency
Compared with the concept of continents, the Arab world has a little bit of peculiarity in football and cultural presentation. The countries and regions here are relatively scattered, including West Asian countries such as Saudi , Qatar , and the UAE. They also cover Morocco , Tunisia and Egypt from North Africa. The population is rich in ethnic groups, but the cultural origins are mostly similar and similar, but not fixed and single. Just like magical realism, it can only be born on this unique land. Football enlightenment in the Arab world is divided into two categories. Morocco and Tunisian football originated from Europe. Saudi Arabia and Qatar first learned from South America, but almost all countries and regions are players who are good at producing personal skills and imagination. After combining, they can often show completely different styles in their own national teams.
Egypt and Morocco have long been like two huge figures, shrouded in Arab football. The former has won the African championship seven times, and the most recent one was only a pity to lose in the penalty kick. Morocco had five World Cup experiences before this, and in 1986 he beat Britain and Portugal and advanced to the top 16 as the group leader. As for Tunisia, although it is always lukewarm, it has been 6 times in the main competition and 4 degrees since the new century. In contrast, Algeria football once shines. After re-entering the World Cup quarterfinals after 32 years, it has cultivated elites such as Bennasser and Mahrez in recent years.
On December 10, Moroccan player Ennesri (second from right) headed the ball in the game. Photo by Li Gang, Xinhua News Agency reporter
, except for North Africa, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have made rapid progress in recent years. There is no need to talk about the foundation of Saudi team . In addition to dominating Asia, Qatar also defeated the arrogant Egyptian team in the third place last year's Arab Cup. So before this World Cup, I once expected that this group of Architectural teams could re-take South Korea's 2002 trajectory, because they did have at least half the advantage of home court. However, after the qualifiers, the performance of the Arabic teams was uneven. Egypt and Algeria both fell down at the last moment, and Tunisia's promotion was like walking on thin ice. It seems that the Arab , which originated from the desert nomadic people, is really incomparable to East Asian civilization?
Finally in Qatar, there were only 4 Arab teams, among which Qatar still took advantage of the host to go straight to the main game, but ended up being in a mess in the opening match and even lost three times. However, the other three teams really made face for this group of local tycoons. Saudi Arabia won Argentina and Tunisia to defeat France. Although they did not qualify, they could leave with their heads raised. As the only Arab, the Moroccan team has won three European giants in a row, achieving the first breakthrough of the African team to enter the semi-finals.
0 November, Moroccan team members threw head coach Regraj to celebrate after the game. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu photographed
Simply find the reason from the geographical location, and it is easy to get the conclusion that the Qatar World Cup is more beneficial to the Arab team. You can see that in the quarter-finals of the Moto-Portuguese showdown, the large red cheering group in the stands was the madness of the Moroccans. In fact, when the World Cup was held on the non-mainland football continent - the summer of South Africa in 2010, African fans let us appreciate their passion, from , Wuwuzula, to the whole world celebration, and with strong cheers, the result was that the Ghanaians almost made history ahead of schedule. Looking back, the Senegal team in 2002 has stunned the whole world since the first game. Back then, they were also only one step away from entering the semi-finals.
It is undeniable that in the Arab world, North African teams are more likely to make a splash than West Asia.First, thanks to their more open mind and more tolerant of different cultures, it is like the Moroccan team is headed by 21 European players, but the Saudi team is a local international. Obviously, the two countries develop football based on two completely different ways of thinking. Second, North African countries are closer to Europe in terms of geographical location, including cultural tracing. Especially at the football level, it is more affected by Europe. In fact, the ancient Arab civilization was originally dominated by architecture, crafts and medicine. When walking in Damascus , Jerusalem , or Mecca , Cairo , the first thing that comes to your eyes are the works of architects, craftsmen, gemmasters and machinery makers. football? The development there is more like second-generation evolution. The facts also tell us that Arabs are very good at learning, just like the new Arab culture. They not only accept the influence of local ethnic culture, but also absorb many excellent achievements of Greek and Indian culture . In football, many principles are also consistent. For example, the overall football of the Moroccan team and the Saudis' high-pressure style are all manifestations that they absorb the essence of others and thus surpass themselves.
So, don’t simply regard the innovation of the Moroccan team as the result of a "half-home" battle, which is inevitable for Arab football to develop vigorously over the years. In fact, when FIFA has taken the Club World Cup in Morocco, Qatar and the UAE since 2013, the rise of Arab football is a matter of time sooner or later. Football Third World ? Now, they have reason to prove that Arabs can challenge the mainstream of the world in this field.
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