Behind the battle to host the 2030 World Cup final, Morocco is not only defending its Grand Stade Hassan II against the Santiago Bernabéu and Camp Nou. It is also carrying an African ambition: to bring the biggest match in world football back to the continent, 20 years after the only final in its history, held in Johannesburg. Against a Europe that has hosted so many more, the stakes go far beyond the Kingdom’s borders.
