HIBAPRESS – Ahmed Al-Musaed
On a night of glory at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex stadium in Rabat, the match between the Moroccan national team and its Nigerian counterpart was not just a football match, but a demonstration of crowd power that broke records.
When the decisive penalty kicks arrived, the sound indicator rose to 108 decibels, a figure that placed the Moroccan fans among the loudest and most influential in the world. 108 decibels… what does this figure mean scientifically? To understand the magnitude of the noise made by the Moroccan audience, we must compare this figure to familiar sounds in our lives: 100 decibels: the sound of a powerful motorcycle or an air drill. 108 decibels: exactly equals the sound of a jet engine at the moment of preparing for take-off from a short distance. The dangerous threshold: the feeling of pain in the ear begins to be felt when reaching 120 decibels, which means that the Moroccan throats were very close to the peak of human endurance. The secret weapon: the audience as the 12th player This noise was not just screaming, but a "psychological weapon" directed. In penalty kicks, focus becomes the most valuable currency, and when a player faces an opponent supported by 108 decibels, the sound vibrations actually affect balance and mental calm, which undoubtedly contributed to putting pressure on the Nigerian team and giving the advantage to the "Atlas Lions". Moroccan identity… passion that never calms down These figures prove that the Moroccan audience does not watch the match, but "lives it", this roar, which equals aircraft engines, reflects a close connection with the national team, where the stands turn into a beehive that does not stop the positive noise that instills terror in the competitors and enthusiasm in the hearts of the players. If jet planes need that power in order to fly in the sky, the Moroccan fans used the same power to push the national team towards the podiums and write history.
