MCFTV brings you another World Cup story with Ben Barek - Moroccan by birth and Spanish by adoption - as the star of the show.
That first match
“It’s the second time that Morocco will play against Spain. Once, when I was a player, Spain with Di Stéfano, Puskas, Gento, Santamaría… that great team. They beat us in Casablanca and in Madrid we lost 3-2”.
Goal of the lame
“Before the match in Madrid I had slight injury discomfort, but didn’t what to let anyone know as they might say I didn’t want to play against Spain because I was with Málaga. I kept quiet, played the entire match and scored a goal”.
Mexico 86
“Living a World Cup is an extraordinary thing, and thanks to God I experienced it. Not as a player, but as technical director of the Morocco national teams in 86 in Mexico. It’s hard to explain what it means to be in a World Cup”.
