The long-awaited Mondialito, or FIFA’s Club World Cup, debuted in the city of Tangier with a lavish ceremony in which Moroccan culture was portrayed through numerous celebrations in front of an international audience.
Morocco took advantage of the celebration to pay tribute to the late football legend, the Brazilian player Pelé, in a heartfelt gesture showing pictures of him.
Tangier’s pride, the medieval traveler Ibn Battuta, dubbed “the traveler of Islam,” was also honored at the event.
As many dancers waltzed in, swaying to the rhythm of music from various regions of Morocco, Moroccan DJ Kaoutar Sadik kicked off the celebration with special mixes. Moongoose, also known as Adil Nekkach, an internationally renewed afro house, and hip-hop dancer from Casablanca, was one of the performers.
At the Tangier stadium, the dancers wore modern interpretations of traditional Moroccan attire and performed while light games accompanied them.
Walid Regragui, the coach of the Moroccan national team, came in and asked the audience to have faith, his famous phrase that went viral at the Qatar World Cup.
As the audience cheered loudly, clips of the national team’s triumphant journey at the World Cup were shown.
The Moroccan rapper Dizzy Dros came on stage to perform one of his biggest hits, “LBallon”, a song about football
Following the grand performances, the inaugural match of the club world cup began, a game between the Egyptian team Al Ahly and New Zealand’s Auckland City
Al Ahly advanced to the next round of the Mondialito after defeating its opponent 3-0.
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