Morocco to be more daring against Brazil than in World Cup says Regragui

World Cup semifinalists Morocco won’t maintain again of their pleasant in opposition to Brazil on Saturday because it goals to ship a press release win in opposition to the five-time world champions in its first house sport after an impressive Qatar 2022 marketing campaign.

Manager Walid Regragui mentioned his group can afford to be extra daring than they had been within the World Cup the place a stable defence had been key to serving to them eradicate extra fancied Spain and Portugal on their strategy to the final 4.

“Against Brazil we can’t change our identity, pretend to be something who we are not, but we can take more risks that we could not afford to take in the World Cup,” Regragui informed a news convention on Friday.

“Any mistake in the World Cup could be costly. On Saturday it’s a friendly game and perhaps we could be more daring and try different things that we could not do in a World Cup match.”

After main Morocco to change into the primary Arab group to succeed in the quarterfinals and the primary African group to make the semis, Regragui mentioned he was relying on the followers to be a significant component on Saturday at a sold-out Ibn Batouta Stadium.

The match might be attended by 65,000 supporters who’re nonetheless pumped with pleasure after a World Cup run that spurred tears of pleasure throughout Africa and the Arab world.

“Our crowd will be our 12th player,” Regragui mentioned.

“It would be great for our national pride to win against Brazil for the first time and we will go out there with a big smile on our faces to meet our loyal fans that were so great during our World Cup run.”

Morocco captain Romain Saiss agreed however went additional by saying the gamers face Saturday’s sport like a must-win.

“It’s going to be more than a great match against one of the best teams in the world. It’s going to be a celebration of our accomplishments but there is no party with a defeat.

“We want to celebrate with our fans and for that celebration to be complete we need to play well and win the game.”