The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Rekragui, confirmed, on Monday, that his team is counting on its values, quality and qualifications to “make a surprise once morest Spain” on Tuesday in the final price of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Rekragui said in a press conference on the eve of the match: “We expect a difficult match, but similar to our confrontations with Croatia, Belgium and Canada (in the first round), I told the players since we entered the competition in this competition that we will play final matches, it will be our fourth final match, we will enter it in order to win similar to Our predecessors, with our values, quality and qualifications as well.
He added, “I think it will be a very difficult match for us. We will face one of the best footballing teams in the world, with a lot of ambitions. It is one of the favorites to win the title, and we are required to prove our worth. We are well prepared and we will really try to create a surprise. If we succeed in eliminating Spain, It will be a good surprise for us and for Morocco.”
He continued, “It is an important match for us, and I hope that it will be more important matches in the future. But today, I told the players, the 1986 team cannot return to play its match once morest West Germany once more, and they cannot qualify for the quarter-finals, and therefore we have 24 hours to prepare for this match.” Entering history and being the first to achieve this. This achievement deserves to make maximum efforts so that we do not regret it, because failure may make us regret this opportunity.
And the “Atlas Lions” lost with great difficulty to Germany in the round of 16 in the World Cup Mexico 1986 following a heroic steadfastness, which was ended by a free kick goal by the famous star Lothar Matthaus in the last minutes.
The former Racing Santander player explained that his knowledge of Spanish football is one of the strengths of the Moroccan national team. We can order it with our feet on the ground.
And he added, “But we respect the Spanish national team, and I think they will respect us as well. It is a balanced final price match that will be decided by simple details and reasons.”
And he highlighted: “Now, they have the DNA of the big competitions. We have not played the final price for 36 years, and this is what I must work on with the technical staff strongly, and manage this type of match in order to succeed in achieving the achievement, even if that will be difficult because the teams Al-Kabeer confirmed her high heels in the playoffs, and we must also show our high heels in creating a surprise.
He added, “Spain is one of the best teams in the world because they know what they are doing and possess the ball in a way that harms the opponents and the fans. Their possession of the ball in the last matches amounted to 70 percent, and we will accept that whether we like it or not, but we have our weapons and I will not disclose them. We left Possession for Croatia and Belgium, it’s football. Japan beat Germany (2-1) with 17 percent possession, then Spain (2-1) with 20 percent, and Saudi Arabia beat Argentina with the same result and possession. I hope Spain doesn’t know what to do with the ball. tomorrow”.
He continued, “I think they have a great coach. I like his personality and the way he relieves pressure on the players, and I am happy to face a coach of the caliber of (Luis) Enrique.”
But, “We must maintain our focus. I loved the second half of the match once morest Canada, because it enabled us to judge the group when it was in a difficult situation, and it was necessary to run, press and decide, and if we succeed in presenting the same thing once morest the Spaniards, we will achieve our goal.”
Rekragui explained his words regarding Morocco’s ability to win the World Cup before the Canada match in the first round, and said, “People should understand that I did not say that we will win the World Cup, even if we want to, but what I meant is that everything is possible in football and we say it to our children.” Also, you must dream in order to reach the highest ranks, if you tell a child who works in construction workshops that you cannot be an important person in your life, he will not be able to do it, and we in Africa have never won the World Cup so why do we not dream regarding the World Cup And winning it is a positive message for the future.”
He concluded by saying, “So if we entered with our heads that we will not win the World Cup, we will be defeated tomorrow. If I did not think like that, I would not be here today.”
