WEARING THE FLAG
Achraf Hakimi, Morocco's World Cup Run, and the Making of an IconBy REGINALD A. ROSCOE
Length1h 17m
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Wearing the Flag
Achraf Hakimi, Morocco's World Cup Run, and the Making of an Icon
On December 6, 2022, a twenty-four-year-old right-back born in Madrid stepped up to a penalty spot in Qatar with two nations watching. Spain the country of his birth had just missed three straight shots. If he scored, Morocco would make history.
He didn't blast it. He chipped it, ice-cold, dead center. Then he ran into the stands and kissed his mother.
Wearing the Flag traces the full journey behind that single, unforgettable image from the cracked pavement of Getafe, the working-class Madrid suburb where Achraf Hakimi grew up the son of a street vendor and a woman who cleaned houses, through Real Madrid's academy, a breakout loan spell in Germany, title-winning years in Italy, and a superstar-studded dressing room in Paris. At the center of it all is a decision he made at seventeen, years before anyone was watching: to represent not the country that trained him, but the one his parents had left behind.
This is the story of a team that had no business reaching a World Cup semifinal coached by a man appointed three months before the tournament began, built on a defense that conceded a single goal in five matches, and carried by a squad that turned family sacrifice into a national symbol. It's the story of a mother in the stands, wrapped in a flag, waiting for her son. And it's the story of what happens when talent, patience, and an unshakable sense of identity collide on the biggest stage in sports.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Other
Length1 hr 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1: A Boy from Getafe
3Chapter 2: Valdebebas
4Chapter 3: The Debut
5Chapter 4: Learning Patience
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6Chapter 5: The Dortmund Gamble
7Chapter 6: Leaving Home
8Chapter 7: A New Home in Italy
9Chapter 8: Paris Calling
10Chapter 9: The Other Jersey
11Chapter 10: Building the Atlas Lions
12Chapter 11: The Road to Qatar
13Chapter 12: Group Stage Statement
14Chapter 13: Shocking the World — Spain and Portugal
15Chapter 14: The Kiss
16Chapter 15: The Semifinal
17Chapter 16: A Nation Transformed
18Chapter 17: Captain of Two Teams
19Chapter 18: The Next Chapter
20Conclusion: Wearing the Flag
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