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Moroccan national team coach Walid Rekragui expressed his pride in what the Atlas Lions presented to world champions France, stressing that the Moroccan team presented an honorable face to Moroccan football, and we proved that we can compete at this global level, and we are not far from them.
Rekragui said in statements today, Thursday, that we must work actively in order to come back stronger.
We did our best in our match against France, but we were affected by injuries, and yet the players who participated gave their best, we played with our hearts and did not give up, and we reflected a wonderful image.
For Moroccan football and for our African continent, stressing that the Moroccan people are proud of what the players have done in this tournament, as we have achieved an achievement by being in the semi-finals and we will play the match for third place.
He added, “We seek to put Moroccan football in the ranks of the world, and we have to return to the World Cup again.
and what we achieved in the tournament motivates many African teams to present the best in the World Cup,” noting that “we certainly hoped for a better result,
but unfortunately we were not successful in front of The French team, we admit that there were some mistakes that caused the Moroccan team to concede two goals.
Regarding the competition for the third place, Al –
Rakraki said that it will be difficult, especially since there are many injuries and we are competing in the last breath.