Morocco’s national football coach Walid Regragui spoke at a press conference on Friday, March 24, as the Atlas Lions prepare to face Brazil and its star-studded lineup tomorrow in a friendly in Tangier.
“Brazil is the country of football. Despite their elimination at the last World Cup, it is still the best team in the world. So we will come with humility, but wanting to create a surprise. Winning this game after the World Cup would be beautiful,” said the head manager.
“We will play at home in a stadium that will be totally ours. We want to show respect to Brazil and its anthem. We want to see the Moroccans, together, making noise,” he said.
“We can take more risks, because in the World Cup, every mistake is paid for. Tomorrow we can afford a mistake, we can learn from it,” says Regragui.
The national coach explained that “tomorrow we will remain faithful to our style,” adding: “We will not take unnecessary risks against the best team in the world, but we will be more liberal, play with our qualities and defend our chances to try to have a great game,” he said.
Regragui, who was accompanied by the captain of the national team, Roman Saiss, spoke of to the visits made by the players to the local prison in Salé, an orphanage, and an institution for people with special needs.
He said that the players are fully aware of the role they have to play socially, and that they did not hesitate to make these trips, and were very enthusiastic and interacted well with the people they met in these different institutions.
“With the president of the federation, we decided that it was time to change and humanize the relationship of the national team with the people, who have carried and supported it at every opportunity, and the players have responded. We just would have liked it to be less mediatized because we did it with much heart,” said the coach.
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