The Moroccan coach, Walid Regraguiacknowledged that it was difficult to mobilize his troops for the fight for third place days after being knocked out in the final, but said that for his country it was “important to bring home a bronze medal that can raise the level even higher . . .
“I’m not going to kid anyone, it’s not the game we want to play. I thought we could win it world and now we have to clear our heads for this match”, assured the coach.
reragui tried to motivate his players by making sure that the achievement was important, the first African country to reach the semifinals of a world.
“We will play our seventh game of a world in a month whereas we have played six in the last 20 years. It was a good experience for everyone, especially for the players,” said the coach.
That selector is convinced Croatia will appear for victory to put the best possible finish in the race of Luka Modricand affirmed that they would try to respond.
“I don’t know if this is the last game of Modric, that he is one of the best players in history, but I know that he is a great competitor and that he wants to finish well. So we will deal with it with great respect,” he said. reraguiwho did not hide his admiration for the “extraordinary” Croatian player.
“It’s unbelievable what he’s doing at 37. Thanks to him he won a golden ballHe deserves it,” he said.
The Moroccan coach said the game had nothing to do with what they played in the group stage, the first for both teams, where they respected each other because neither of them wanted to start the competition badly.
“Now it will be more open, the two teams will be more gradual, I think there will be more spaces,” he said.
On the personal front, reragui admitted that he had not “digested defeat” against Francia, assured that they were “close to beating the champion” and regretted that they did not have depth in their rival’s bench.
“They also lost a lot, but they can handle it. Not us,” said the coach, who announced that he won’t make many changes for the match against Croatiaalthough he removed the captain Romain Saiss and the doubts of the defenses Naif Aguerd Y Noussair Mazraoui and from the striker Youssef En-Nesyri.
Source: La Verdad
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