The Atlas Lions of Morocco will have the chance to roar again a day after the official opening of the upcoming World Cup in Russia. Their first game against Iran is on June 15 in St. Petersburg. But it has been a long wait to line up again at the FIFA World Cup, the last time Moroccan fans saw their team at the competition was 20 years ago in France 1998. Russia 2018 is their fifth shot at the global football showpiece as the team looks to do better than in previous outing. Their best performance was a round of 16 exit in the 1986 edition. They played in the 1970, 1994 and 1998 editions as well. The qualification route started out very badly but the team turned their fortunes around to make the historic return. A mean defence line meant that they did not concede a single goal in group qualifiers. Africa WC Qualifiers Group C – Morocco, Gabon, Mali, Ivory Coast The qualification went down to the wire as Morocco played away to Ivory Coast in a “make ...