Nigeria Legend Sunday Oliseh and Moroccan Wife Share Lovely Moment As Couple Watch Atlas Lions Defeat Belgium

• Sunday Oliseh and his Moroccan wife, Hafida were in the stands at the World Cup
• The couple attended the Atlas Lions’ second game of Group F against Belgium
• Morocco won 2-0 to keep their World Cup hopes alive and are second with 4 points

Nigeria legend, Sunday Oliseh was in the stands to cheer on Morocco to victory, as the Atlas Lions caused one of the biggest upsets of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The former Super Eagles captain watched the North Africans defeat the European heavyweight 2-0, in the presence of his Moroccan wife, Hafida.

Oliseh shared the lovely moment on social media, as he revealed it was the first time he had watched a game with his beautiful wife at the World Cup.

“I finally get an opportunity to watch a world cup match (Morocco vs Belgium) with my best friend, wife and mother of my 2 beautiful kids, Hafi. What a joyful moment as Morocco won for Africa. Bravo le Maroc et allez l'Afrique.”

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Both Oliseh and Hafida, whom both have two kids together, are ironically based in Belgium.

Saiss, Aboukhlal power Morocco's victory

Morocco earned only their third World Cup win against FIFA's second-best-ranked team Belgium, through goals from Romain Saiss and Zakaria Aboukhlal, Sky Sports reports.

Abdelhamid Sabiri's free-kick found the net via Saiss from an impressively tight angle in the 73rd minute, beating Thibaut Courtois at his near post.

Aboukhlal put the gloss on a shock victory in second-half stoppage time to send Morocco temporarily top of Group F, after he converted Hakim Ziyech's delivery to seal a momentous win.

Oliseh backs Africans to perform

Earlier, Sports Brief reported former Nigerian international Oliseh, who is in Qatar as a match expert for FIFA, has tipped Senegal and Morocco to fly Africa’s flag high at the 2022 World Cup.

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Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia are other African teams at the Mundial, but Oliseh suggested that the Teranga Lions and the Atlas Lions have impressed him most.

Oliseh added that he found himself impressed with what he has witnessed from the African teams heading into the competition.