- Morocco took on two-time world champions France in the World Cup quarter-finals on Thursday in Boston.
- Some football fans noticed that Morocco was listed as ‘MAR’ rather than ‘MOR’ on the scoreboard, which has been the case throughout the tournament.
- The reason behind this is that Morocco in French is “Maroc”, and MAR is also the country’s ISO alpha-3 code which is used internationally.
- French is not the official language of Morocco, but it is spoken by most Moroccans, leading to the name “Maroc”.
- Morocco goalkeeper Bono saved a Kylian Mbappe penalty in the first half, but France bounced back to score through Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele in the second half as they claimed a 2-0 victory to move into the semi-finals.
