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Bennacer was the protagonist of an Algeria-Morocco conflict

There is a saying, rather a joke, that ensures that when something important happens in the world, it had already happened before. The Simpsons. Football, as a parallel universe of reality, also has its small comparisons. In the week in which a diplomatic crisis has broken out in relations with Algeria and Morocco in relation to the autonomy of Occidental Sahara, Ismael Bennacer(Arles, France, 1997), has been one of the great protagonists in the day of European football. What does it have to do? Little in relation to geopolitics, but coincidentally these two countries fought six years ago, the Algerian and Moroccan federations, for convince the player that it was international with their respective teams.

At that time, Bennacer was 18 years old, he had played in the lower categories of the french team and began to stand out in youth Arsenal. The current midfielder Milan finally opted for Algeriacountry of his mother, since the federation offered him to play with the Absolute, while Morocco wanted him for the team Sub-23.

It hasn’t gone bad since then. Bennacer was proclaimed with Algeria champion of the CAN 2019 and was chosen MVP of the championship. The tournament gave him international visibility and that same summer Milan signed him of which today is a key piece. This weekend, the rossoneri strengthened their leadership in A league thanks to his goal against Cagliari (0-1). Who knows what would have happened if Morocco had won that conflict…

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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