{"id":54637,"date":"2025-12-01T05:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/yamal-reveals-his-truth-this-is-why-i-chose-spain-and-not-morocco\/01\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T05:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:20:24","slug":"yamal-reveals-his-truth-this-is-why-i-chose-spain-and-not-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/yamal-reveals-his-truth-this-is-why-i-chose-spain-and-not-morocco\/01\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamal reveals his truth: &#8220;This is why I chose Spain and not Morocco&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spain over Morocco: Yamal gives a candid explanation<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Yamal reveals his truth: &#8220;This is why I chose Spain and not Morocco&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lamine Yamal has spoken with heartfelt honesty about the pivotal decision that shaped his international career: choosing to represent Spain rather than Morocco. The young FC Barcelona phenomenon admitted he genuinely wavered:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;Deep down, I was considering playing for Morocco. At that moment, Morocco had just reached the World Cup semi-finals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Such hesitation is understandable after a feat like that.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But when it came time to make the choice, everything became clear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;When the moment of truth arrived, I never doubted. With all the love and respect I have for Morocco, I always wanted to play in the Euros and compete in Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For Yamal, sporting ambition clearly guided his decision:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;European football gets more attention, and I believe it is closer to the very highest international level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, the winger refuses to pit his two identities against each other.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;I will always have love for Morocco, because that&#8217;s my country too. And I grew up in Spain, so I feel that&#8217;s my country as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A powerful, nuanced, and deeply human statement\u2014one that perfectly reflects his extraordinary maturity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/yamal-reveals-truth-why-chose-094500877.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain over Morocco: Yamal gives a candid explanation Yamal reveals his truth: &ldquo;This is why I chose Spain and not Morocco&rdquo; Lamine<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/yamal-reveals-his-truth-this-is-why-i-chose-spain-and-not-morocco\/01\/12\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/foot_africa_articles_352\/1f5b7b9dca74d3fcc0dadd6e2f843a1e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}