Heba Press – Sports
The management of Raja Athletic manipulated the feelings of the Moroccan fans because of a shirt bearing a map of the Kingdom of Morocco, before its match against the Royal Army, scheduled for Tuesday evening, within the first round of the group stage of the African Champions League.
This comes after the club’s official page published a shirt bearing the map of the Kingdom of Morocco, indicating that it is the new shirt for the Moroccan team in the African Champions League competition, before the club president came out with a statement contradicting what was stated on the official page, as he indicated that his team will play in a shirt bearing the Moroccan flag and not Map of the Kingdom of Morocco.
The club’s official page promotes the new shirt
Yesterday evening, Monday, the official page of Raja Sports published a promotional video clip of a new shirt bearing the map of the Kingdom of Morocco, and confirmed that it was the new shirt for the team in the African Champions League competition, hours before facing the Royal Army in the opening round of the competition.
Controversy of Algerian Yousry Bouzouk
Immediately after the official page of Raja Sports Club published the new shirt, some media sources reported that Algerian Yousry Bouzouk refused to play in the shirt promoted by the official page, because it carried the entire map of the Kingdom of Morocco, after receiving warnings from his country’s authorities.
Adel Hala denies and clarifies
Hours ago, Adel Hala, president of Raja Athletic Club, made radio statements in which he denied that Yousry Bouzouk had refused to play against the Royal Army, explaining that the club would play the Champions League match in a shirt bearing the Moroccan flag and not the map of the Kingdom of Morocco, given that the shirt presented to CAF carried the flag. Moroccan only.
A contradiction between the president and his club page
With his statements, Adel Hala contradicted what was stated on his club’s official page, which indicated yesterday, Monday, that the shirt bearing the map of the Kingdom of Morocco is the team’s new shirt in the African Champions League competition. Hala said in his radio statements: “The shirt that the club presented on its page was a promotional shirt for the product, and we created the map to promote that Raja is proud to belong to the Kingdom of Morocco, and confirms that it is a club that embraces Africa through African players.”
Manipulating the feelings of Moroccans
The Raja administration was subjected to great criticism for manipulating the feelings of Moroccans, when it published on its official page the shirt bearing the map of the Kingdom of Morocco and indicated that it was the new shirt in the Champions League competition, before the club president came out to deny this, indicating that it was only a promotional shirt, to explain this behavior. As a gift to the enemies of the homeland.
Questions that need answers
Many questions are raised about the reasons for the Raja Athletic Administration publishing the shirt bearing the map of the Kingdom of Morocco, if the team will not play its matches in the Champions League in it. The public also wonders what is the purpose of publishing the shirt if it is not official, which has caused confusion and drawn great criticism towards Raja Athletic officials.
