The sports world sympathizes en masse with the inhabitants of Morocco after the earthquakes in that country. The natural disaster hit particularly hard for former Jong PSV coach Adil Ramzi. Not only because he was born in Morocco, but also because he experienced the earthquakes himself.
Ramzi is currently the trainer of the Moroccan club Wydad AC in Casablanca. He was in a Moroccan hotel during the earthquakes. The former football player for AZ and PSV, among others, said that he and his closest family were unharmed, but that his aunt and her children died during the earthquakes.
One player even didn’t return home until 11 a.m. because he was scared
“That affects me very much,” Ramzi said on the radio NOS Along the Line. “The moment I went to sleep, I felt the bed in my hotel shaking very hard. And later the entire hotel. I immediately ran outside.”
Ramzi himself escaped unscathed, but that is not the case for many fellow countrymen. “People have died, houses have been destroyed. The sadness is so great here. You really don’t wish this on anyone.” The next day, Ramzi decided to cancel Wydad’s training. “Everyone had gone out at night and one player didn’t even return home until 11 a.m. because he was scared. Then you don’t train.”
Although Ramzi is sad, he is happy with the global support Morocco is receiving. “At moments like this you feel the love between people again. Also from outside Morocco. I notice that from all the messages I receive. We have to be there for each other now, that’s the best thing you can do.”
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