Regragui: “They gave us a 0.01% chance to win”

Walid Regraguiselector of Moroccois living intensely the hours before the conflict he faces France this Wednesday in the semifinals of Qatar World Cup 2022. “At the beginning of the tournament they gave us a 0.01% chance to win. I guess now, they will give us more. We are going to throw those statistics to the ground,” he said. reragui in a relaxed tone.

Morocco overcame a group stage where he was relegated Belgium and removed Spain already Portugal in the round of 16 and quarterfinals. But he likes it more. “We are still hungry and we are not tired,” he asserted, recalling that they can “give a surprise” and stressing that France is “the best team in the world.”

“We have to change the mentality. If we were satisfied with the semifinal we would not have broken the border. We are here to win the World Cup. It seems crazy, but it is what we want,” he said reragui being ambitious.

On the other hand, when asked about the fact that some of his team’s football players were not born on Moroccan soil and play in Europe, he was clear and concise. “When you are in the national team, you are Moroccan. I don’t look at where one or the other was born,” he said.

As for whether this is a very defensive team, reragui he is categorical. “Possession is useless if you then shoot twice on goal. I think the one who understood it best was Didier Deschampswho knows how to adapt his game to the circumstances”, he studied.

One of the players who promises to be a bigger threat to Morocco this is kylian mbappebut reragui trust in Achraf Hakimi to stop the French. “Nobody knows him better than him, who trains by his side every day and knows what kind of player he is. We’re not going to make a special device against Kylian because unfortunately for us they don’t only have Kylian. They have griezmannthat is very dangerous, or dembelewhich is a perfect complement to mbappe on the other hand,” he explained.