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The player hijab, French media and the historic qualification for the Moroccan national team !

  A moment of embrace in-between Nahila Benzina and the goalkeeper of the Moroccan women's team The Moroccan women's national team qualified for the round of 16 yesterday in the Women's World Cup, which is currently being held in Australia, after an exciting match against Colombia, which defeated Germany. Germany, in turn, defeated the Moroccan national team in the first meeting with six goals, so the Moroccan qualification was exciting and surprising to many followers and football fans. . Moroccan cafes were a little full. I watched the second half of the match in a small cafe in the old city center of Fez, as I was on my way to Casablanca from Imouzzer . This article was not originally written about qualification, but rather about the Moroccan player Nhila Benzina, who was attacked by some strange French newspapers, and the focus was on her dress, as the first player in the history of the World Cup to wear a head covering. Controversial French newspapers focused more on