Being hosted in a Muslim country, Morocco become the first Muslim/African/Arab nation to make it into the Semi-Finals for the first time ever in the World Cup.
My mom, who doesn’t watch any football and just picks who’s going to win based off their country, was so sure Japan was going to win. We kept trying to tell her that Germany was the better team and she was just like, “Nope, the Japanese will win. They’re more determined.” And now she’s looking at us like: