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Route to the semis
Nigeria
Group stage (1st): won 2-1 v Tanzania, won 3-2 v Tunisia, won 3-1 v Uganda
Last 16: won 4-0 v Mozambique
Quarter-final: won 2-0 v Algeria
Top scorer: Victor Osimhen (4 goals)
The high-speed Al-Boraq rail service from Rabat to Tangier is exceptional and should be extended through Casablanca to Marrakech by 2030. The conventional trains are very good, though they would come under strain at a World Cup, and don?t yet reach as far south as Agadir. With internal flights limited, that is an obvious potential problem. Hotels have easily been able to cope with the influx of visitors for the Cup of Nations without absurd price increases, and Morocco has a developed tourist infrastructure. That may yet not be enough for the far greater stresses of a World Cup, but the foundations are there.
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Route to the semis
Nigeria
Group stage (1st): won 2-1 v Tanzania, won 3-2 v Tunisia, won 3-1 v Uganda
Last 16: won 4-0 v Mozambique
Quarter-final: won 2-0 v Algeria
Top scorer: Victor Osimhen (4 goals)
The high-speed Al-Boraq rail service from Rabat to Tangier is exceptional and should be extended through Casablanca to Marrakech by 2030. The conventional trains are very good, though they would come under strain at a World Cup, and don?t yet reach as far south as Agadir. With internal flights limited, that is an obvious potential problem. Hotels have easily been able to cope with the influx of visitors for the Cup of Nations without absurd price increases, and Morocco has a developed tourist infrastructure. That may yet not be enough for the far greater stresses of a World Cup, but the foundations are there.
Continue reading...
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