Morocco coach Walid Regragui stated that he was pleased with his group’s run within the FIFA World Cup 2022 and known as it priceless. Regragui heaped reward on Croatia’s Luka Modric forward of the third place playoff.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 16, 2022 16:31 IST
Regragui stated that he’s pleased with his group’s efficiency on the World Cup (Courtesy: Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: Morocco coach Walid Regragui has stated that he’s pleased with his group’s run within the World Cup the place they’d a improbable efficiency to achieve the semi-finals of the match.
The Atlas Lions grew to become the primary African nation to achieve the ultimate 4 levels of the World Cup as they defeated giants like Belgium, Spain and Portugal alongside the best way.
However, their run got here to an finish within the semi-finals after they misplaced to France 2-0. Despite this, Regragui is pleased with his group and their efficiency on the match in Qatar.
Speaking to the reporters forward of the third place playoff in opposition to Croatia, the Morocco supervisor stated that followers would have been proud to see the group play seven matches this yr within the World Cup. Regragui did admit that he wished to play within the ultimate of the match.
“I understand it’s important to finish third rather than fourth, but my takeaway is we didn’t reach the final… We wanted to play the final on Sunday, not play tomorrow,” Regragui stated.
“But I told my players this is our seventh World Cup game. If you told any Morocco fan we would be playing our seventh game on Dec. 17, they would be proud.
“Morocco performed six World Cup video games in 20-odd years and now we have performed six video games in a month – that is priceless. It’s as if we performed two World Cups or much more, that is stunning from an expertise standpoint.”
The Morocco coach said that Croatia were a strong team despite many saying that they wouldn’t be able to repeat their heroics from 2018.
“We knew Croatia have been going to be among the best groups within the competitors. After the primary sport (the place Morocco and Croatia drew 0-0 within the group stage) we knew the efficiency was excellent,” Regragui said.
“Lots of people stated Croatia have been approaching the tip of their cycle and would have the rug swept out from below their toes. Croatia received stick for not beating ‘underdogs’ Morocco however each groups reached the semi-final.
“There was a lot of hesitation for the first game… Both teams will want to win it (on Saturday) and it will be a great game.”
Regragui additionally had particular reward reserved for Luka Modric who he labelled as a aggressive warrior.
“I don’t know if it’s Modric’s last game, he’s a competitive warrior and will want to finish his World Cup in style. When he wants to finish on a great note, we should be wary,” Regragui stated.
“Hats off to Modric. What he’s doing at 37 is monumental. He was a Ballon d’Or winner and I completely understand why.”
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Dec 16, 2022