After yesterday’s match and the 2-0 loss once morest the French national team in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, expressed his pride in his players, and said in a press conference, which was reported by Agence France-Presse, his facts following the match, that he regretted its beginning, “especially the first goal.” Who gave confidence to the French national team to maintain its tactical plan,” as he put it.
Regragui admitted that he made several technical mistakes, “but despite that, we created trouble for them in the first half, and in the second we were the best. We did not lose the ball much and created many chances, but we were not decisive in the last 30 meters.”
He also said: “Unfortunately, we wanted to score to sow doubt in their ranks, but they have a lot of talent in the attacking line. We knew that they would punish us, which is what happened with the second goal that broke our spirits. We tried to press until the end to score a goal that revives our hopes, but we were not able.”
Al-Karaki congratulated the French national team, saying: “I congratulate France, who said before the match that they are a great team and few things can win. But I am proud that my players did everything they might despite the injuries and succeeded in sowing doubts in the French players in some moments, and this is wonderful for us. In a competition like the World Cup at a high level, I think you have to be at the top of your level in all respects, while we are a little over it on a physical level and some players have only presented between 60 and 80% of their qualifications in this tournament.
And regarding facing Croatia on Saturday to determine the third and fourth places, Rekragui said: “It is a small final match and it will be difficult for us, especially from a mental point of view. We already suffer from many injuries, and I have two ideas: the first is that we want to do everything in our power to win it, and the second I want to give some minutes to some players who haven’t had the chance to participate so far because they deserve it and they were great with the group, so we’ll try to mix them up to create a great team and grab this third place and be good.”
