The great Dutch attacking forward Ibrahim Afellay, who was born in Utrecht and is of Moroccan origin, before the match between the two national teams in the 1/16 final of the World Cup 2026.

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My fathers are from Morocco, and my homeland lives there. What kind of additional motivation is needed

I know that a lot of people are misunderstood. I’m also here and incredibly grateful to the Netherlands for everything. Ale yak team I support this evening? Morocco.

I am already very fond of the Netherlands, but it has become so much for my richness. They called me to the Dutch national team not because I’m a good person, but because I deserved it,” said the Dutch ex-football player.

Let's remember that Afellay has 53 matches and seven goals for the Dutch national team.