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Morocco Football Team (Source: Twitter)
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Morocco Football Team (Source: Twitter)Morocco became the first African Team to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022. They have had a dream run in the tournament so far. They drew against Croatia. Then they beat Belgium 2-0 and Cannada 2-1. Then they beat Spain 3-0 on penalties in the round of 16. They then beat a fancied Portugal side 1-0 in the quarter-finals to reach the semis.
Morocco wants to go the distance in this World Cup. They are aiming high in this tournament coach Walid Regragui said ahead of their vital semi-final clash against France. “If we are happy just to reach semi-final and some see that as enough, I don’t agree, Regragui said in a press conference.
“If you get to the semi-finals and you are not hungry then there is a problem. “The best team in the tournament, Brazil is already out. We are an ambitious team and we are hungry but I don’t know if that will be enough,"
We are still hungry: Walid Regragui
“We want Africa to be top of the world, but we will have to be strong to progress. We are not the favourites but we are confident - maybe that makes me mad, crazy? A bit of crazy can be good," he stated.
“Everyone might think we are tired, they said that before the last games too, you can’t be tired in a World Cup semi. Yes, we are still hungry," he added. The coach also said that Morocco had beaten Spain and Portugal to get into the semi-finals.
“We had perhaps the most difficult route to the semis. Every round people thought we would get knocked out but we are still here and we are going to fight to the end," Morocco have some injury concerns which include key Central defender. But the coach said that there was no decision taken with regards to fitness.
“We have a number of injuries but we have an excellent medical staff who are working hard and coming with good news every day," said the coach. “We will have to wait to last minute, we tend to do that, no one is out but no one is definitely in either," he added.