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EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, June 14 (Reuters) – For a teenager playing a first competitive international, Ayyoub Bouaddi looked completely at home as Morocco more than matched Brazil in their opening World Cup outing on Saturday.<\/div>\n
The 18-year-old carried an imperious \u200bair as he moved relentlessly across the pitch, constantly looking for work in an \u200ceye-catching midfield performance that helped the North Africans hold the five-time world champions to a 1-1 draw in their Group C clash.<\/div>\n
Frequently he would surge forward, the ball stuck to his feet and defenders bouncing off him, in an impressive display of \u200bpower. The post-match statistics had him making more touches (86) than any of his teammates and \u200bwith over 90% passing accuracy.<\/div>\n
He has been a rising star for some while now \u2060at Lille in Ligue 1 and it is no wonder the Moroccans relentlessly pursued trying to persuade \u200bthe French-born prodigy to switch international allegiance.<\/div>\n
FIFA only approved the change on May 15 and Saturday\u2019s clash was \u200bjust the fourth cap for Bouaddi — the first three for Morocco coming in their World Cup warm-up matches over the past three weeks.<\/div>\n
Coach Mohamed Ouahbi made a bold choice in bringing him into an already well-established squad and starting Bouaddi against Brazil \u200band afterwards could not hide his delight: \u201cWe knew what a quality player he was and that\u2019s why \u200bwe had many meetings to get him to choose to play for Morocco,\u201d he told reporters.<\/div>\n
Bouaddi made Morocco wait as \u200che \u2060considered his choice, captaining France\u2019s under-21 side as late as March before committing to the African team\u2019s cause.<\/div>\n
He had been firmly on the radar from the night of his 17th birthday, when he made a similarly elegant 90-minute entrance onto an imposing stage for Lille in their 1-0 Champions League victory against Real \u200bMadrid on October 2, 2024.<\/div>\n
He \u200bwas carried on the \u2060shoulders of his teammates at the final whistle, and then-coach Bruno Genesio predicted: \u201cHe’s a very intelligent guy. He has the talent to play at this level. He needs \u200bto prove himself, but I don’t think there’s too much to worry about \u200bin that regard \u2060with him.”<\/div>\n
Off the field, Bouaddi has already proven an outstanding achiever, earning at 16 top honours in his science baccalaureate, a year ahead of schedule.<\/div>\n
One year earlier, he had gone to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace and, in front \u2060of \u200bFrench first lady Brigitte Macron, won first prize in the youth \u200bacademy’s oratory competition, delivering his speech on the theme “Is the result superior to the method?”.<\/div>\n
Bouaddi did not talk to reporters after Saturday\u2019s \u200bmatch, this time having let his feet do all the talking.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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