Idman.biz
In recent years, a series of striking and disturbing events surrounding international football matches held in Morocco have been recalled. Various African national teams have reported facing similar scenarios in different years.
Idman.Biz reports that in 2018, players of the Gabon national team reported experiencing food poisoning symptoms after drinking orange juice before a match against Morocco. The incident caused serious resonance at the time.
In 2021, the Guinea-Bissau Football Federation expressed strong dissatisfaction with a similar food poisoning incident in the same country. Federation officials stated that the players experienced health problems before the game.
According to reports, several players suffered from severe diarrhea before those matches, and some were hospitalized and received emergency medical care. These incidents, which occurred just a few hours before the games, raised serious questions.
The most recent similar incident occurred on the eve of the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations final. The Senegal national team was unable to field two key players, Pape Matar Sarr and Krepin Diatta, for the crucial final match due to sudden illness.
Against the backdrop of these events, it is noteworthy that Morocco will be one of the hosts of the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The occurrence of successive similar incidents has caused questions to resurface in the international football community.
Although no official investigations or final results have been announced regarding these events, the topic has once again become a subject of discussion.
