DOHA, Qatar -- Fatima Regragui is in her late 60s. When her son Walid was a professional player -- he had spells in the French leagues with teams such as Toulouse and Ajaccio, while also making 45 appearances for Morocco -- she never travelled anywhere to see him in action. Not even when he was playing in Paris, where she lives, and where Walid was born 47 years ago. Not once.
Yet she has been in Doha since the start of the FIFA World Cup, looked after by the Moroccan FA like all the visiting families of players and staff.