For the first time in the history of the World Cup, an African team is playing a semi-final. Portugal top scorer (1-0) This Saturday in the quarter, after defeating Spain in the eighth round (0-0, 3-0 on penalties), Morocco is waiting for its opponent – France or England – Who will challenge on Wednesday at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, in Qatar.
“It’s crazy,” Sofiane Boufal replied on TF1. We’re living in a dream and don’t want to wake up. I got goosebumps.” And now? “There is still a semi-final and, God willing, the final. I wish success to the French team and I hope to find them in the semi-finals.”
center front Youssef Al-Nusairi He took advantage of a failed defeat by Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa to score the only goal of the quarter-final (42nd) with a superb header. But the victory of the Atlas Lions is not deserved at all against a disappointing team in general, which faced Yassine Bounou, who is still shining in his cages, as in this blow from Bruno Fernandez, who was heading towards the porthole (83).
Walid Al-Rakraki, from firefighter to hero
“I don’t even understand how we can be criticized,” coach Walid Regragui reacts on beIN Sports, about the defensive style in his training. We play with our values, we play with our heart. Football is that too. We lost a lot of good players before the World Cup, and we lost some We fight with our weapons and I think that’s good for football. We have a unique group that, if we’re in our place tactically, we can move mountains. That’s what we did today.”
previously For Nayef Ajrad In the quarter, Morocco this Saturday lost another centre-back, captain Romain Saïss, who was released just before the hour mark. But it would have taken much more than that to break the dynamics of a team that holds 90% of Al Thumama Stadium from Doha. And a whole country and a whole diaspora.
“It was impossible to dream to receive Rerakaki, who was named at the beginning of September instead of Vahid Halilhodzic, in conflict with many players. I arrived three months ago as a firefighter, traveled a lot, worked a lot with the players. We took the initiative sometimes with some, But they understood where I want to go.At the moment, the final station has not been reached.
