Short stature football team in Morocco
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Al Arabiya.net accompanies the training of the first African football team for short stature
Rabat – Adel Zubayri
Published in: May 18, 2023: 11:42 AM GST
Last updated: May 18, 2023: 12:29 PM GST
The term dwarfism, dwarves, or short stature has always been associated with inferiority, pity, and their poor social and psychological conditions. However, some of them decided to break this stereotype, like the Moroccan national football team champions of short stature, who raised the challenge to raise the flag of their country high in international competitions, as well as enjoy their passion. And live like their peers.
After the end of a long day of matches, in a mini-tournament in the city of Sale, near the Moroccan capital, Rabat, it was time for a joint group meal between professional football players and the stars of the Moroccan national team for the round witch of short stature.
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They spread in the place a positive spirit of fun and the exchange of jumps, and the re-enactment of dribbles and passes, they do not feel any shortage, but they are engines of positive energy.
In an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya.net, Nizar Benkataba, president of the Moroccan Association for Short Stature, and dean of the Moroccan national football team for short stature, tells details of the story of the Moroccan national football team for short stature, despite his annoyance due to severe pain in his molars, and his having to drink water during the match.
In 2023, according to Captain Nizar, Morocco is expected to participate in the African-Asian Cup for short football teams, in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, with the presence of the United States of America as a guest of honor.
Short stature football team in Morocco
Captain Nizar goes back to the beginnings, in his interview with Al Arabiya.net, to the first meetings between football fans of short stature, and the collective thinking of forming a work team, of players from distant Moroccan cities, but the challenge was great, despite the lack of capabilities.
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According to Captain Nizar, the Moroccan participation, in the month of November 2023, in the FIFA World Cup finals for short stature in Argentina, remains a historical moment that is being prepared with great focus, with the application of the recipe of the most famous coach in the history of football, Captain Walid Al-Rakraki, “Diro Al-Naya.” .
The stars of the Moroccan national football team for short stature feel the weight of responsibility, to return as a result of the honor of Moroccans from Argentina, from the den of great teams in the round witch.
Short stature football team in Morocco
Continuing the story, Osama Al-Saghir, the Moroccan national football team player for short stature and the official spokesman for the Atlas Lions for short stature, remembers the year 2017, when short stature of football players began in the first meetings and networking.
The Moroccan Brigadier added, in his interview with Al-Arabiya.net, that the idea of the national team spread quickly, and communication began between the fans of the round witch and practitioners of short stature.
And internationally, it was the first contact with teams for short stature in South America, to be the culmination of these contacts in 2018, with the participation of the Morocco national football team for short stature, in a professional football league for short stature in Argentina.
Morocco remains the first African country to know the birth of a national football team for short stature.
