While the media was reporting the positive story about Morocco (a rarity among all of the negative press) of the Kingdom's victory over Spain, international media were reporting another story about everyday Moroccans—the kind where a soccer victory isn't going to change their lives.

While Moroccans were watching the soccer game between the national team and its counterpart from Guinea-Bissau, they couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw on TV many members of the Moroccan soccer game bursting into laugher while the national anthem was being played at the Mohammed V complex in Casablanca.